MOUNT OLYMPUS WAS THE HOME OF THE GODS. Naturally, no-one today can be quite certain which particular mountain all those ancient myths refer to, and there are plenty of candidates in the eastern Mediterranean. But the Mount Olympus in the Taurus range near Antalya would seem to have as good a claim as any. It rises seemingly straight out of the sea to nearly 8,000 feet, and even in April its snow-capped peak lent a somber, wintry grandeur to the sunny shoreline, where springtime was well under way.
These waters off southern Turkey are some of the most perfect in the Med for cruising, and I met the Bering 92 at anchor off the small fishing harbor of Poyraz Pasa, a few miles south
