Caroline and I first went to Kalkan in 1989 to celebrate our engagement. We stayed in a Boutique hotel, which is now the Sofra restaurant. The old town stood alone with little development in the surrounding areas. There were only a few restaurants and shops but the charms of Kalkan were as intoxicating then as they are now. Eighteen years and four children later we went back to Kalkan and fell in love with it all again. Our children (9-19 yrs old) love everything Kalkan has to offer: the people, shops, the clear warm turquoise sea, history, food, the ambience, boat trips and diving. This year during our summer holiday, we started a project to build a contemporary villa in a prime location in Kalkan. My builder, Cengiz, is a friend of mine and in my opinion the best developer in the region.