Destination: Turkey

Istanbul sıghts and sounds

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 | By bundynbeaches | Views [2552] | Comments [1]

I was told back ın London, that unrelıble source, that at any one tıme a Londoner ıs no mre than 50m from a rat. Whıle I dıdn't see any I belıeve ıt but ın Istanbul the average Joe ın thıs cıty would probably be no more than 20m from a cat! They are ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Istanbul .. The cıty of Cats

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 | By bundynbeaches | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Turkey

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 | By johnandteresa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: yet another, because it didn't save the last one

Wed, 7 Mar 2007 | By mattsalter | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Mediterranean Cruise

Sat, 3 Mar 2007 | By bekahlynn | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Turkey

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 | By disco | Photo Gallery

mmmmm.....Gozleme

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 | By chloe | Views [8849] | Comments [1]

Gozleme is a very thin flatbread cooked over a curved hotplate over an open fire and filled with cheese, spinach, chicken or anything else that takes your fancy.....best served hot!

Tags: Food & eating

breakfast

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 | By chloe | Views [567]

we all rocked up to this small cafe for breakfast of instant coffee and toasted panini sandwiches.....the owner got quite flustered when all the 'touristas' turned up he burned everything and dropped coffee so Kate ended up taking over and cooking for ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Turkish Welcome and Hospitality

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 | By kokoricooo | Views [772] | Comments [2]

Welcome to a country between Middle East and Europe ! Welcome to a country where a taxi driver can propose to drive you for free, where a polıceman wıll just come to you and do the very best to explain you how to fınd your way. Here the tradition is ... Read more >

Tags: People

Moon Cities in Cappadoccia

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 | By kokoricooo | Views [688]

We visited one of the most attractive area of Turkey. The region of Cappadoccia. The landscape looks unreal, sometimes like some science fiction design. The geology is very special. Canyons, hills, mountains, valleys, and Hundreds of little holes in ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Gallery: Turkey

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 | By kokoricooo | Photo Gallery

passing the internet cafe with the horse

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 | By kokoricooo | Views [924]

After having a look at the coast and the beautiful sea, we visited Konya, and hitch hiked to a place called Sultanhani. at the time of the silk road, there was Karavanserais: big places, every 20 km, where people used to stop and rest 3 days, for free.... Read more >

Tags: People

Turquoise color

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 | By kokoricooo | Views [734]

The first hitch hiking experience convinced us. After 3 min, a truch stop and give us a 200 km long lift, to Antalya, the hotest town of the country. We stoped before to explore a mountain. A huge area of hidden ruins was hidden in this deep forest.... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

the paradise of the Hitch hiker (autostop)

Wed, 8 Nov 2006 | By kokoricooo | Views [846]

After Denizli, Pammukkale and Hieropolis, we finally started to hitch hike !! as soon as we started to hitch hike, we experienced some incredible things ... sometimes you don't need to show your thumb. Just walk along the road wıth your back pack, ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Geological curiosity

Tue, 7 Nov 2006 | By kokoricooo | Views [648]

We arrived in the town of Denizli to visit something really astonishing: Pammukkale & Hieropolis . İt's a major touristıc site in Turkey. At first, we met the family who hosted us for 2 nights. The father could speak good english so we spent ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing