Turkey
Travel Blogs from Turkey
Is This Heaven ?
... us up on it. So that's it folks. Not much more to say except shhhhhhh, don't tell anyone about Yakakoy or Palamutbuku. Next Pod, Kas - Turkey. Love, Nath and Kat. Ps. Congrats Jax and Matt on the great news. We're very excited for you ...
Ode to Oasis Overland - Oct-Dec 2004
... shocked - from gunshots, to wailing, to orange orchards - where some thought they were sailing (and ended up bailing - abort ship!) Turkey was next on our list, and all we thought about was getting pissed. The sites were amazing, the Votka was not - ...
Morgans Bad day
So we arrıved ın Selçuk got off the nıght bus and after ıt drove off Morgan realızed he had left hıs favourıte hat (a blue baseball hat from Quıck sılver--hınt hıs bırthday ıs comıng up....) on the bus. Then on the way to our hostel ...
Boy Has This Place Changed..
... as well. A lovely little spot but I'm not so sure it was worth the pain. The Open Air Museum is one of Turkey's many world heritage sites. Essentially what the open air museum entails is a cluster of rock cut Byzantine houses, churches, chapels and ...
Olympos and the flaming Chimaera
... keep saying this but the cliffs and mountain ranges around made for some of the most spectacular scenery we'd witnessed in Turkey so far, which is certainly saying something - it keeps getting better and better. The change in elevation is probably about ...
Living the Life of Oz
Today I met up with Oz again, jumping at the opportunity to go with him to his fancy sports club and get in a workout. After a fast paced four mile run, he put me through a leg workout. Which back in LA would still hurt but nothing compared to what I ...
Prince Island
I woke this morning prepared to hit the road. I made a beeline for Oz's office, where I housed my luggage; I was getting good at this particular route. After some chatting, Oz encouraged me to take advantage of the day and go see Prince Island, a must ...
Blue Cruise
In Selcuk, I pre-booked a three nights, four day cruise from Fethiye to Olympus. The next four days were spent on a wooden boat with 13 other travellers, including two girls from Quebec, four friends from NZ, two other Aussies, a family from Santa Cruz ...
She's About To Go Under..
Welcome to Hasankeyf everyone ! Hasankeyf I have to say is probably the 2nd biggest surprise in Turkey for us behind the beautiful Ishak Pasa Palace. We had no real plans of coming here but had heard on the 'travelers' grapevine that it was one of the ...
Cotton castles
... menu for 17 lira. It turned out to be a very wise decision, because the home cooked meal was the best we have eaten in Turkey. Traditional lentil soup followed by vegetables (yummy), then saç (a traditional stew) all washed down by a bottle of local ...
Happy new year 2006 !
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last day in istanbul
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THE STORY OF A KNIFE - Istanbul to Trabzon
Travel Information Istanbul - Trabzon price: 57 € duration: 1 h 40 min carrier: Turkish Airlines hints: buy the tickets some time in advance, it will be cheaper. just book the tickets online. don't go to a travel agency. you ...
All the Key Sights
Today I reconnected with Ehran for a full day tour of the important sites, strolling along Istaklal Cadessi near Taksim Square we entered into an old cathedral, Galata Tower, Sultanhemet aka the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sofia and Topkapi Palace. The day ended ...
A big day of sightseeing
Well, today we set off to Sultanahmet, the ancient part of Istanbul for a spot of sightseeing. It's always possible to overdo these things, especially for Maggie and Georgie who are not wild about monuments etc in the first place. We found the spice ...
Travels in Turkey (a.k.a the chicken place)
... for shopping and a last lunch. Then the next morning it was my turn for goodbye as I hopped on a plane back to London. I loved Turkey, it was more than I expected it to be and I had only ever heard people rave about it. I wish I had more time there ...
Another Day, Another Bus
This time to Istanbul a place we had been looking forward to visiting. In all, it was just your standard bus trip for us; lots of stops for toilet breaks at massive bus stations which seem to be the hub of life for some of the small towns. Turkish ...
The White Cloud City
Today was a lazy morning, in the heat it is just too hard to do anything quickly. Although I was crazy enough to do a three mile job in the park before attempting the commute to Pamukkale. Luckily, I made my way back to the Otogar (the main bus station) ...
Another goodbye
Said goodbye to some more tourmates last night on the roof deck of the Orient Hostel. The guys fixed us a milk nargile (milk instead of water) and we enjoyed a bottle of wine taking in the light show at the Blue ...
Istanbul - Our last stop in Europe
... culture and history to it dating back thousands of years. After coming from the ultra conservative Morocco, we were surprised that Turkey is a very liberal country even though it's also Muslim. We didn't see many women wearing headscarves, and alcohol ...
With one foot in Europe and the other in...
Last year it was Prague and this year Istanbul for our annual work off-site. Both new locations for me as well as excellent selections. Since I last year also managed to visit both Rome and Barcelona on my own, the list of European must see cities is ...
Ephesus
Selcuk is the town just at the base of Ephesus, otherwise there isn't much else there. Mehmet from the restaurant below offers free shuttle to the ruins so we piled up for a late afternoon visit. These really are very complete from 352BC. Upon entering I ...
Eating as much as humanly possible
... at a street vendor. Thanks, I'll have some of that please. I am full. How does one celebrate their last night and a great time in Turkey? Turkish baths. Me and a few of the lads head down the road to the Hamam and on the way I see some more ice cream I ...
A DAY AT THE KONTOR
... and, come to think of it, restaurants in the States only pay their servers $2.50 an hour, too. Also, working in Turkey is fun. At eight, a Ukrainian named Helen comes in. She's our fourth server/barwoman. She's very funny. She ...
'Turkey's Old Jerusalem'..
... . It also gave us the opportunity to sit down and have a good chat with some Italian friends we've seen throughout Eastern Turkey, Lorenzo and Stefano. Not sure what it is with the Milanese but they seem to love to travel to weird and wonderful ...
Turkish delights in Istanbul.
He Said: We had a bit of a marathon run in getting to Turkey. Our flight on Air Malta was a red-eye, departing at 1:00am and arriving at 4:30am. So after getting no sleep, we had to wait around Istanbul airport until public transportation started ...
A wet drive
The main task for today was to get from Canakkale to Istanbul. I had been dreading this leg a bit because driving in Istanbul is a bit legendary for being hard. We decided to play it safe and ask our hotel to book accommodation in Istanbul ahead for us, ...
Ruins and more ruins
We woke again to a wonderful scene from our window - the Aegean Sea in all its glory. Fishing boats were coming in and out of the small harbour and small waves were breaking on the shore. The girls found time for another swim and then we were on our ...
