Gümüşlük
Rabbit Island
August 16, 2005
We awoke on our night bus near Bodrum, where we transferred buses to a minibus and
arrived in Bodrum, just to transfer again to Gümüşlük. I headed up to Rabbit Island
which one can walk to from the main land, but the path way is through water about
2 or 3 feet deep creating a perfect little path to the island without the need to
swim or get a boat.
From the top of the desert-like island one could see the perfect path to the island
and the old Roman ruins of Mindos just beneath the water’s surface. One could actually
walk on the walls of the old city and hire scuba or snorkeling gear to swim around
the ruins from one area of the walled city to the next. The area was truly enormous
by the size of the walls one could see from the top of Rabbit Island. The rest of
the city lies under the water and is not visible due to the “silver water” of the
bay.
I loved these views, the bay on the north with boats, the roman ruins to the south,
the town to the east and looking west only the water, the great Aegean Sea. Unfortunately
all good things come to an end and I was hungry for baklava, which I got along with
another dessert, almost like corn bread but soaked in the light honey sauce of baklava.
Both were excellent, but I think the corn bread thing was slightly better.