TURKEY | Friday, 20 Nov 2009 | Views [23]
East Turkey So after an amazing night bus (note the sarcasm), Justin and I arrived in Malayta (or more like were dumped at the side of a main road) at seven in the morning. After finding some breakfast, we followed the “Tourism Info” signs through ... Read more >
Tags: malayta, mount nemrut, diyarbakir, gaziantep
TURKEY | Sunday, 1 Nov 2009 | Views [12]
Selçuk to Capadocia. After Gallipoli, I had an eight-hour bus to Selçuk where I stayed at a fantastic hostel called Allita’s Getaway. I had one day of sightseeing out to a small fruit wine town called Siringe, and saw a few ruins in town and then ... Read more >
Tags: selçuk, fethieye, konya, capadocia, goreme, ephesus, horse riding, hospital visits, dervish soldiers, flinstones
TURKEY | Sunday, 18 Oct 2009 | Views [49] | Comments [1]
I’ve always been fascinated and horrified by the story of the ANZACS of Gallipoli, and today I had the chance to relive the story on a tour of the battlefields in Gallipoli, Turkey.
Our tour guide Bülent is one of the best, (the Australian Government ... Read more >
Tags: gallipoli, anzacs, history, world war one, turkey, ecebat, war memorials
TURKEY | Wednesday, 14 Oct 2009 | Views [49]
After almost three months in Lagos, Portugal working behind a Portuguese bar, I left the warm beautiful beaches (where I’d only seen rain twice) to get on a plane that landed in a rainy, cold London. I spent a week here, staying with Leah who I met ... Read more >
Tags: istanbul, turkey, london, grand bazaar, taxim square, bosphorus, bacilica cistern, blue mosque, aya sophia
SPAIN | Sunday, 12 Jul 2009 | Views [295] | Comments [2] | Video
From Madrid to San Sebastian was an early train, but the first travel day without dramas! Who would have thought that was possible in Spain? I arrived in San Sebastian looking forward to the beach – but the whole time I was there, it was cloudy and ... Read more >
Tags: san sebastian, pamplona, running of the bulls, san fermin, sangria, fanatics
SPAIN | Thursday, 9 Jul 2009 | Views [168] | Video
Hi everyone, Granada was the next stop of my Spanish journey, and when I left you last I was on a train that ended up being delayed by three hours, making it an 11 hour journey! So by the time I got into town, it was 10.30pm and the directions by ... Read more >
Tags: granada, spain, seville, madrid
SPAIN | Sunday, 28 Jun 2009 | Views [227] | Comments [2]
So its been a week… and no blog, which means this is gunna be a big one!
I finished off France in a small town called Carcassonne. It was an adventure just to get there… my train didn’t get into the station till after 10.30pm, and I’d forgotten ... Read more >
Tags: carcassonne, barcelona, train, las ramblas, gaudi
FRANCE | Friday, 19 Jun 2009 | Views [249] | Comments [1]
Wow! That is the best word to describe my experience of Nice. I arrived in the afternoon by train from Marseilles, and the first thing I did was walk down to the beach. An easy 15min walk and I was having ice cream on the beach in Nice! That evening ... Read more >
Tags: nice, monaco, beach, med
FRANCE | Saturday, 13 Jun 2009 | Views [212] | Comments [1]
Well I’m sure you’re all wondering what happened after I left you last. I was on the train to Lyon, hoping that I’d have a bed at the only hostel in town… don’t panic, everything worked out. It was surprisingly easy to get to the hostel, a bus, then ... Read more >
Tags: marseilles, cassis, lyon, calanque, beach
FRANCE | Wednesday, 10 Jun 2009 | Views [132] | Comments [5]
Coming to you from a train… traveling from Dijon to Lyon (where I hopefully have a bed tonight). Since I’ve updated you last, I’ve been to a few places in the French countryside – Nancy, Strasbourg and Dijon. I’ve enjoyed being off the ‘beaten ... Read more >
Tags: nancy, strasbourg, dijon, france, trains
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