Friday, 20 Nov 2009 | Views [1203] | Comments [1]
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: diyarbakir, gaziantep, malayta, mount nemrut
Sunday, 1 Nov 2009 | Views [1210]
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: capadocia, dervish soldiers, ephesus, fethieye, flinstones, goreme, horse riding, hospital visits, konya, selçuk
Sunday, 18 Oct 2009 | Views [3225] | 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: anzacs, ecebat, gallipoli, history, turkey, war memorials, world war one
Wednesday, 14 Oct 2009 | Views [1147]
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: aya sophia, bacilica cistern, blue mosque, bosphorus, grand bazaar, istanbul, london, taxim square, turkey