Destination: Turkey

Istanbul

Sun, 4 May 2008 | By snaps | Views [322]

Now at the end for us, and what a great way to end! Fran and Jillian joined us in Istanbul for a few days. Unfortunately the last few days have been extraordinarily busy here - so much so that all hotel rooms were full. But with the help of a taxi ... Read more >

The Wedding and the After Party

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 | By ma_and_pa | Views [1956]

Although we hadn't met each other yet we Pa' and I thought that it was important to include pictures from Turgay and Amy's wedding and party in Istanbul in this blog.  The wedding was well attended by both family and friends. Amy's mother came over ... Read more >

Tags: family, istanbul, turkey, wedding

Gallery: Istanbul

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 | By andrewalex | Photo Gallery

Ankara

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 | By sfau | Views [262]

Now, personally I didn’t really have a need to come here but then I did not want to go back to Istanbul either. Seeing that Ankara was only a 5 hour bus ride away the choice was an easy one to make in the end. My hotel was near the old castle and ... Read more >

In the land of the fairies

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 | By sfau | Views [430]

Due to the changes in my travel plans, I had decided to hang out somewhere in Turkey for a whole week before flying back to London. The small village of Goreme fitted the bill very nicely thank you. It’s in the middle of Cappadocia. Only a 12 hour ... Read more >

The Turkish Way

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 | By bota | Views [655]

Dagen startet knallbra, da jeg heldigvis kjente på en litt bedre form etter å ha slitt ı tre dager med forkjølelse, takket være et visst halvmarrokansk vesen av en trønder som var på besøk i helga (jeg sier ikke mer, du vet selv hvem du er). Faktısk ... Read more >

İstanbul

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 | By sfau | Views [404]

Istanbul Before I start to tell you the story that is Istanbul I feel a flashback coming on… On my penultimate day in Canakkale I walked the 800 metres to the bus station to purchase a ticket for the following morning on the 10am bus. So, there ... Read more >

Troy

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 | By sfau | Views [334]

The bus from Selcuk wasn’t all that bad. The guy sitting next to me was an English teacher among other subjects. (He takes home about 1000ytl a month. There are about 2.3 of those to one English pound…ouch!) and we enjoyed little chats along the ... Read more >

Selcuk

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 | By sfau | Views [256]

Friday the 7th of March Got up, caught a bus to Selcuk, got off bus and walked to the hostel.Sat in courtryard...another long day of doing almost nothing Saturday the 8th of March Today I went to Efes. It’s 3kms away and although the hostel has ... Read more >

Hello Pamukkale

Wed, 5 Mar 2008 | By sfau | Views [305]

Last night after watching Fenerbache go 2 goals behind before half time I decided to leave Mr Blues and go to bed at a reasonable time. In the morning I went online to check out the result. They managed to get back into the match, draw level and ... Read more >

On the road (again) to Antalya

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 | By sfau | Views [446]

For the second time in four and half months the alarm clock went off at 08:01. However this time because I was staying in the backpackers in the centre of Bodrum, the early morning call to prayer woke me up a few hours earlier and I could not get ... Read more >

In search of Reg

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 | By sfau | Views [238]

That’s right folks, tomorrow I am on the buses. After spending the winter here in Bodrum it is time to move on and get back to some travelling. After all, that is what I want to be doing, especially now that spring has come to turkey. The sky is ... Read more >

Gallery: Cappadocia

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By jreuter | Photo Gallery

Too much Turkey

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By jreuter | Views [875]

After two overnight buses, tours of Ephesus, the temple of Artemis, the house of the Virgin Mary, Pamukkale, Hierapolis, and numerous sites around Cappadocia, I'm exhaustively satisfied.  Currently we are in the village of Goreme, smack dab in the middle ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Anatolia

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By jreuter | Photo Gallery