One of the strıkıng thıngs ıs the number of people that still smoke cigarettes. The government has been able to ban smoking on busses but the driver and the crew stıll smoke lıke crazy so you want to sit near the back. The other thıng that ıs very strikıng to us ıs the number of Turkish flags flyıng...really remarkable. And one last thing that ı...

We caught the 8:40 am train yesterday (was supposed to have left at 9am, so it pays to get there early in Turkey!) to Selcuk. Bought a borek (Turkish filo-style pastry filled with a light cheese) for breakfast at the station and it was surprisingly very good. The pastry was light and layered, reminding me of the old-style curry puffs I used to b...

I previously wrote about how sometimes life hands you lemons, and even though you want orange juice, a fresh squeezed glass of lemonade isn't all that bad. Well we were supposed to go to the calcium-filled hot springs of Pamukale (spelling?) today but due to some complications with the travel agency, we were unable to go. I had been looking forw...

Turey, Turkey, Turkey. What a bloody sensational place. Seriously, it's great, And i dont care what Ruddock, or Downer, or Vanstone and her DFAT reckon about the place, take it from me, this is a genuinely awesome spot. I've seen but a speck of this entire country, but already the vibe of the place, the immense friendliness and attitude of the p...

We arrived in Kusadasi, well the customs actually and as we already had visas for Turkey we were sorted, but there was this American couple who you could tell were going to be in trouble. They were going to Turkey for the day and when told they had to pay $45 US each, they said that they didn't as they were American and there travel agents said ...