TURKEY | Monday, 27 Jun 2011 | Views [2869]
235km from Istanbul, the quiet town of
Edirne seems to get overlooked by the majority of tourists but still holds a
few notable attractions in its beautiful mosques and cluster of easy-to-meander
shopping streets. It was here, after ... Read more >
Tags: edirne, istanbul, mosques, rough guides, travel writing scholarship, turkey
TURKEY | Saturday, 25 Jun 2011 | Views [2108]
The Land Walls, Istanbul . After meeting with my mentor Terry at the
decidedly non-Turkish (but conveniently easy to find) Starbucks and discussing
my upcoming assignments over chai latte, we headed out to a lesser-trodden area
of town for ... Read more >
Tags: istanbul, land of walls, rough guides, travel writing, travel writing scholarship, trekking, turkey
TURKEY | Tuesday, 7 Jun 2011 | Views [1702] | Comments [2]
After a painfully long 24-hour flight and a confusing connection through Shanghai (take note: it’s a policy of the airport that all passengers have to pass through a ‘special’ immigration, collect their baggage and then re-... Read more >
Tags: grand bazaar, istanbul, rough guides, travel writing scholarship, turkey
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 4 Jun 2011 | Views [1327]
Selam!
Welcome to my new blog where I’ll be
blogging about my upcoming travels in Turkey, including my assignment for the
Rough Guides.
As the winner of the 2011 World
Nomads/Rough Guides Travel Writing Scholarship ,
the last month ... Read more >
Tags: 2011 scholarship winner, bikehike, istanbul, rough guides, travel, travel writing, turkey
