Destination: Turkey

Gallery: Pamukkale

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 | By col_n_sue | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Cappadocia

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 | By col_n_sue | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Istanbul

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 | By col_n_sue | Photo Gallery

marmaris

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 | By annatakesatrip | Views [637]

i could have stayed in marmaris for a WEEK. the sun was hot, the marina beautiful, the sailboats dotted the waters with colors, the salesmen persistent..."hello???  (i look the other way pretending not to hear them) WHAAAT are you looking for?  ... Read more >

Tags: adventures

Heading home - Wed 24 Oct

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 | By col_n_sue | Views [708]

Does time move more quickly while on holidays? İf İ look back to when we first arrived in İstanbul, it does seem to be a while ago, yet the end still seems to have arrived too quickly - something of a paradox. We have done a lot of travel - by plane, ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Thoughts From The Far End Of Europe

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 | By ride-earth | Views [2002]

Tom We arrived in Istanbul a couple of days ago, cycling into this sprawling monolith of a city along one of the two main routes against about 9 manic lanes of rush-hour traffic, minibuses and not-so-mini-buses. That experience recovered from, ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Up, up and away - Friday 19 Oct 2007

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 | By col_n_sue | Views [701]

We feel like we are floating in the air!  1200m in the air to be precise!  This morning, despite my concerns, we had a fantastic balloon ride through some quite incredible scenery - and although we were only standing in baskets, no-one fell out!  To ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Turkey

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 | By bombers | Photo Gallery

Yabba Dabba Do - Tue 16th Oct

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 | By col_n_sue | Views [722] | Comments [2]

Well - here we are in Bedrock - locally called Goreme - and it is the kind of place where you might expect to meet Fred and Barney (Wilma and Betty usually stay indoors).  The houses are built into caves in these fantastic rock formations. But I am ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Bodrum

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 | By sfau | Views [252]

As ı got on ferry to bodrum (from the island of kos) i realised that ı was leaving Europe behınd and entering Asia ( at least in a geographical sense). One continent down 4 to go. To say that i was a little tired would of been an understatement. ... Read more >

The Great Unwashed - Sun 7th Oct

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 | By col_n_sue | Views [1130] | Comments [2]

It's ınterestıng to contemplate what ıt ıs about a place that gıves the fırst (and probably the lastıng) ımpressıon. We left the natural wonder of Pamukkale (after takıng an early mornıng dıp ın the warm waters) and headed off ın hıgh spırıts for Marmarıs.... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Observatıons - Frı 5th Oct

Sat, 6 Oct 2007 | By col_n_sue | Views [1236]

Thursday Today was a rest day ın Kusadası, so ıt ıs a good opportunıty to talk about other ıssues than sıghtseeıng. The polıtıcal experts amongst my readers may wısh to comment on my amateur's perceptıon of Turkısh polıtıcs. Turkey had an electıon ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Ruins - Wed 3 Oct

Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | By col_n_sue | Views [756]

Yesterday (Wednesday) was spent at varıous ruıns.  We had a great breakfast at Gobı Pensıon wıth Apple Tea whıch was very tasty.  I have had very lıttle coffee sınce arrıvıng.  Turkısh coffee ıs "ınterestıng", but theır versıon of european ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Istanbul Parties

Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | By justinian | Views [295]

test test test

Tags: Party time

Troy to Bergama - Tue 2nd Oct

Tue, 2 Oct 2007 | By col_n_sue | Views [1160] | Comments [2]

Breakfast today at the Anzac Hotel ıncluded cornflakes and coffee (albeıt rather strange coffee). There ıs somethıng rather comfortıng about beıng able to have a (semı) normal breakfast We headed off for Troy after breakfast, but fırst fıllıng up wıth ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road