Dedeman Ankara

Travel Blogs from Ankara

Pre-Tour Arrival in Ankara

A travel blog entry by wareameye

My good friends Gene and Will are on my flight from Chicago with another friend who I'm meeting for the first time on this tour. We join up with another tour member as soon as we land in Munich this morning, and race to the gate where our Lufthansa flight for Ankara departs soon after we get there.

It is raining when we land in Ankara at …

Cold and Rainy in the Capital

A travel blog entry by parleusted

... and refreshments served by professionally attired attendants every few hours (on daytime services) and free minibus transfers from the main bus station to the city centers(including hotel drops), you get the complete picture of a modern, efficient transport system that does not make a dent on your pocket. Even the smallest of towns seem to have direct connections to remote corners of the large country. The similarity to air travel is ...

Hanging out with Camilla

A travel blog entry by gailj

... had to work in the morning, so I hung out at the apt. while trying to adjust to the new time zone. After visiting with Stephan some more and getting some good directions, I was off to explore on my own.

I found the Atakulu Tower in a rather deserted shopping mall. It had a KFC &Pizza Hut and not much more,BUT, I did have to go through security to get in. Boy, I thought US secruity was bad, but to go toKFC? I did get some nice picture ...

Eat, drink, and sleep, c'est la vie! ;)

A travel blog entry by hittite

... he actually got carried away play-acting a lion and bit me for real! Oh well, I suppose I'll survive. After all the hectic running around in Australia and New Zealand, I am finding it quite different not to be rushing from one place to another, actually. Have to conserve energy ;)
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Jogging in Ankara's METU land

A travel blog entry by cotafamily4

... the growing weeds... It is also dotted with a few ducks and shorebirds that occasionally nest within it's vicinity.

Leaving the valley floor always leaves me spent of my remaining energy, as it is a steeply inclined pathway with a few sharp turning switch backs. This section, being one of the most difficult, is also densely strewn with the many wild flowers the blanket the Anatolian steppe during ...