In 2004, we began and ended our season in Finike, Turkey, as we did in 2003. We also did something we'd never done before; we participated in a flotilla. It's the Eastern Mediterranean Yacht Rally, and we traveled to five countries with about eighty other boats. The cruise took us east along the southern coast of Turkey and we crossed to the northern coast of Cyprus. From there, we visited Syria and Lebanon and then Israel. After the Rally ended, we stayed in Israel for a while. Then we traveled to the southern coast of Cyprus and made our way back to Finike, Turkey.