Turkey & Egypt
Off to the Black Sea!! We decided at the last minute when we hit the bus station at Ankara that we really didn’t want to do to another big city. So after a 4 1/2 hour bus journey we had yet another 5 hours to … Continue readingAmasra & Safranbolu – by Deb
This is a region in central Turkey consisting of many cities and towns famous for it’s unusual rock formations formed from various prehistoric volcanic eruptions. We chose to stay in a small tourist orientated town called Goreme where during the day we could take day … Continue readingCappadocia – by Mike
Egirdir – what a magical place. This is a tiny fishing village set on the 3rd largest freshwater lake in Turkey. We stayed in a lovely pension run by Ibrahim who owns 2 pensions – we slept at one and ate at the other. The … Continue readingEgidir – by Deb
We stopped of at Olympos for a scheduled 5 nights after our wonderful gulet cruise only to discover a street full of backpacking pensions with supposed “tree houses” for accommodation and an “amazing” beach. On arrival we were rather disappointed expecting tree houses like we … Continue readingOlympos & Antalya – by Deb
From Fethiye we took a 3 night cruise on the Mediterranean around the Southern Turkish coast to Olympos. There were 17 passengers & 3 crew. Of the 17 there were 3 from Basque, 2 American guys, 1 Kiwi girl with the balance being Australian. Each … Continue readingGulet (Schooner) to Olympos – by Mike
Fethiye is a great little seaside holday town with a little bit of a Surfers/Byron vibe to it. It mainly caters for British tourists, but fortunately we stayed in an area at the other end of town from those resorts. The first tour we did … Continue readingFethiye – by Mike
As we pulled into the carpark that led to the ancient city of Ephesus we had to run the gauntlet of the obligatory souvenir shops but this is the 1st time I’ve seen one so honest in his adverstising. By now we were becoming experts … Continue readingEphesus & Heiropolis – by Mike
As we were doing a tour and then travelling some distance to our next location We had to be up at sunrise and this was the view from our balcony when we arose. Our minivan jumped on a car ferry and we made our way … Continue readingTroy & Pergamum – by Mike
This was a very different day for me as I am usually irreverant about most things and take very few things in life too seriously. However, as all Australians & New Zealanders know the events of the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign are drummed into us annually … Continue readingGallipoli – by Mike
Now we are in Turkey. A change of scenery and thank goodness temperature – a drop of nearly 30 degrees but still warmer than Sydney! Wow shopping heaven. Ladies – rows and rows of of many different types of shops under the one roof. Jewellery, … Continue readingIstanbul – by Deb