Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: mercury on August 04, 2010, 13:25:46 PM
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For anyone travelling to Rhodes via the ferry this week please be aware that it is broken down again and everyone is going from Marmaris. We were only told by a friend who knew that we were going. Yesil Dalyan didn't let us know despite having our number and e.mail address. We would have turned up on Friday not knowing that it had all changed. Thanks Yesil Dalyan. Brian the Gardener went for the day and wrote to his friend who in turn wrote to us. Brian I believe you had a very good experience. not.!!:DThanks for letting Linda know. Perhaps you could share your tale on here? ps. hope you saved us some pork. Anne xx
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Don't know whats happening with the one that is at in the dock
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Hi Anne...here is my trip to Rhodes e-mail i sent out to friends..
Hi,
just to let you know how my day in Rhodes went.
The boat left at 9 am .on time.
We were at sea for an hour, the journey takes 1.5 hours, there was a loud bang, the boat slowed down and then came to a standstill.
We were bobbing around for about 5 minutes, not knowing what was happening...the crew were running around like headless chickens.
The captain then announced that the boat had received some damage to the "front of the boat."!!!!!!!...we will continue on our way to Rhodes but we will arrive late, he continued.
We did 2 hours later.!!!!!!...so instead of arriving at 10.30 am we arrived at 11.50 am....just in time for lunch.
Linda/Tony had advised me to go see two of there friends who have a cafe/bar in the "old town"...i did, nice guys, lovely place ...i can highly recommend the Pork Gyro....a couple of beers......what more could you ask for, after the passage id just had.!!
Rhodes itself was quite quiet..i understand that the visitors figures are around 60% down on last year...the euro has a lot to answer here i think.!!!
After lunch it was time for a walk around, a leisurely walk round, it is hot BUT there is a howling gale blowing, keeping it "quite pleasant".
Ok its now time to go back to the boat...4.30 is the sailing time....so off i trot.
I arrive at the departure gate...book myself in...and im told to proceed to the boat...so off i toddle.
I arrive at the boat....to be told...........................................................................................................................................................
The boat is not sailing.......i said to the guy " your joking", well i think that's what i said!!!
His reply was....don't worry....your sailing on this craft...pointing to a very nice looking sea cat boat.....phew...a nice looking boat, not a bit like the the original boat....my heart skipped a beat!!!!
THEN came the bit i didnt want to hear....your sailing to Mamaris......oh no i said, or words to that effect!!!!
Ten minutes to set sail he replied...don't worry we have a coach that will pick you up and drop you off, he continued.
I boarded the boat...luxury, for the 1 hour trip to Marmaris.
Arriving in Marmaris the coach was there to pick us up..after i got through customs and being questioned about bringing in 2 ltrs of whiskey when the limit is 1.......i protested that i thought i had not done anything wrong..i bought it in the duty free shop as a "twin pack"..2 bottles in one outer cardboard cover.....he looked at me very suspiciously but declared "go...but don't do it again"..i thanked him politely...yes i was very polite....and made my way to the awaiting coach.
I was then questioned again, by the coach member of staff, why he couldn't find the name of the hotel i was staying at on his passenger list...i replied i wasn't in a hotel....he replied i MUST be or i couldn't have been picked up and taken to Fethiye port...i still insisted i wasn't in a hotel....and he insisted i was...this continued for a moment or two....by then i was getting "well cheased off"..i informed him on no less than 4 occasions that i had made my own way to the port...he then decided that i might well be right...
so asked me to get on the coach to his right...i did and whished i hadn't...the coach driver was so slow in driving it might have been quicker to have walked home...3.5 hours...and that was just to Fethiye......i got off at the port....he was still insisting as i got off the coach that he would "take me to my hotel"....at this point i said " no your all right!...or words to that effect!!!!!!
So there you have it...." My trip to Rhodes.....will make a nice change"
Hope you are all laughing.....i can laugh at it now!!!!!!!!!!!!.......BUT IT IS SO TRUE!!!!!!!!
Brian.
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The new catamaran in the harbour doesn't have the correct paperwork yet to be able to operate, which is why it is still sitting there, 'apparantly'.
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I booked a trip to Rhodes for next Tuesday this morning,for myself and grandson,who is then flying onto Crete.
I rang the booking office 10 mins ago,to check things out and was informed,yes,problem tomorrow and Friday,but no problem next week,we'll see.
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I sent Yesil Dalyan my details as asked for after the phone call. Althought they already have the passport numbers etc. I was asked if I wanted to go on Monday but we are meeting friends there and we have a hotel booked so presumably the problem will be sorted by Monday. However we now have to be picked up at 5.20a.m to get to Marmaris which will take 3 hours. They are doing pick ups etc. Not exactly the high speed transport we paid 88 euros each for. I know that engine problems are not the fault of the staff at Yesil Dalyan but we encountered air conditioning problems last year and we were on a full boat with people nearly passing out. We were told that they couldn't use it because people kept opening the doors!! also it took us 2 and a half hours on the fast speed transport. We were expecting the new catamaran to be in operation this year. I wonder how many people are going to miss this trip because they haven't been informed. Yesil say they have written an e,mail to me this afternoon but I still haven't received it. Anyway as I say not the staff's fault the ferry broke down.
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Well I'm sat on the balcony a mere 100m away and there definately isn't a ferry there apart from the one without paperwork, if there is any change I'l let you now
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After being told last night that we were being picked up in Tasyaka. Yesil Dalyan office have just rung to say that we are not being picked up because they are only taking 25 people now and that the ferry is full anyway. We have a hotel booked and are supposed to be meeting friends arriving from Crete on Friday afternoon. We have no way of contacting them. We booked this trip 4 weeks ago. I know they can't help technical problems and their staff are very nice in the office but to say I am angry doesn't cover it. We have asked if the ferry will be ready for Monday and they have just said "it is supposed to be".
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So glad I read this topic. We're going to Rhodes next week for a wedding and had considered getting the ferry across to Fethiye for a day, but after reading this I don't think we'll bother- we might miss everything! :o
Invaluable info from CBF again! :)
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Well there is still a big space where the ferry is supposed to be.
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Let me know if the bloody thing comes back!!!
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It would appear that the ferry to Rhodes is back on using the new larger one.
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That's a good result for everyone especially Mercury after all the disruption they encountered last week. Have a FAB time in Rodos Anne and Barry, don't eat too much pork ... oink oink and give the lads in Punto our love 8)
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Just to let people know the ferry left this morning but it's 20:15 and it aint back yet !!!
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Had the misfortune to have been on this ferry,finally docked at 21.30.
Broke down at 18.00,message given out that "big boat was in its berth at Fethiye".
Finally got moving again,then stopped to take on fuel,eventually limped home and docked at 21.30.Never mind,its Turkey.
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There was a boat in the birth but it was only a gulet, I'll not be setting my watch by it lol
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Update on the new FAST cat. We had friends who were unfortunate to be on Tuesdays trip home to Fethiye. They were told the same that there was aboat in their mooring. The engines closed down while they drifted about for a while and then the captain stalled the engine and couldn't restart it. They had infact run out of diesel and had to be refilled by a small boat that came along side. As there was no diesel the air conditioning went off and people were getting very agitated. The crew offered everyone water but there wasn't enough to go around. Our friends also were given crisps as they hadn't had any lunch. Maybe they were expecting the journey to be a short one. At one point a German guy was shouting and saying that the crew were lying about there being another boat in the harbour and things started to get a bit heated.Our friends were offered a free bus home but were dumped at the end of a long road and had to walk up. They arrived home at 10.30 p.m. 6 hours total travelling. We went out on the first trip out on Monday. We were told to be at the harbour at 8 a.m Passport control opened at 8.20. We should have left at 9.00a.m. We left at 10.a.m. Big announcement. The new transport will be in Rhodes at 11 as it takes an hour. It was actually 2 hours. Naturally we were a bit apprehensive about our return trip given what our friends had been through. The trip took 2 hours. Fast???? There was a strong smell of diesel the whole journey and again really really hot due to poor air conitioning. When we arrived back in Fethiye we all had to wait over an hour in the queue again baking hot. At this point an American woman started to scream and shout very loudly about how she had paid 68 euros to spend 6 hours in Rhodes and only got 3 hours. She was screaming her head off at this point that the owner of Yesil Dalyan was standing with here and did anyone else want to complain about their poor service to him? She then thumped him so hard that he nearly fell in the water and it took 3 people to pull her off him. She then ran off past passport control. Chased by the boss, 2 of his crewe,her husband and the now called for police. She was of couse found and arrested. Now I don't approve of violence but I really had to sympathise with the woman and I am surprised that someone hasn't thumped him long since. The whole company and the ferry system to Rhodes has been shambolic and a disgrace for years.
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I can't believe I missed all the action from my vantage point, it is usually around 9.30am when it leaves and anybodies guess when it returns
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I think the woman was furious because she said she wanted half of her money back but the boss and his crewe actually laughed at her and said "this is Turkey" we dont give you money back. She wanted back up but of course many didn't understand what was going on as most were different nationalities and didn't understand English. Our firnds paid 50 euros each for one way trip as they had been holidaying in Crete. Not cheap and certainly not a good experience.
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I know it is not funny for those involved but it has been one of the funniest reads I have had in a long time. Thanks to everyone for sharing their story.