Travel blog of a digital nomad.
One of my favourite travel activities is wandering around food markets. I don’t cook, and I wouldn’t know what to do with half the stuff that is sold anyway, yet I still love to see food on display. Neatly stacked food in piles is an artform in itself, and I tend to head to a [...] Read more »
The Great Theatre of Ephesus, Turkey. Ephesus is one of the best preserved classical cities the Mediterranean region. With the excavated streets connecting well preserved/restored Roman structures, such as the Great Theatre, you can get a feel for what a Roman city might have looked like. Travel Photos: Ephesus Photo Gallery Read more »
The terraces of Pamukkale (“cotton castle” in Turkish) are formed by sedimentary rock (Travertine) deposited by water from hot springs which cascade down from a plateau. Travel Photos: Pamukkale Photo Gallery Read more »
Goreme (Göreme) in the Cappadocia region of Turkey. Cappadocia is famous for the rock formations known as “fairy chimneys“. Goreme is in a valley of fairy chimneys, and some of the houses are even built within the the rock formations. Travel Photos: Goreme Photo Gallery Read more »
Guard at Anıtkabir (memorial tomb) of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Ankara – Turkey. Atatürk was the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey. Travel Photos: Ankara Photo Gallery Read more »
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (better known as the Blue Mosque), Istanbul – Turkey. If you are wondering why it doesn’t look that blue, it is named for the blue tiles on the interior walls. Travel Photos: Istanbul Photo Gallery Read more »
While in Istanbul I caught up with a travel blogger I met in Sumatra. I was on a bus from Lake Toba to Bukittinggi, and as the bus was leaving the ticket man pointed to me and said “you two both the same, sit next to him”. It turned out that my new found seat [...] Read more »
Where I’m At: Istanbul, Turkey – 19 October 2011 Istanbul brings me to the end of my European travels for 2011. In addition to completing my annual visit to London, and attending to an offline business in Budapest, I also got to travel around Romania and Turkey. [James and a camel in Cappadocia, Turkey] From [...] Read more »
After driving across the dusty Anatolian plateau the entry into the region of Cappadocia is marked by a landscape like no other. It starts off with one or two fairy chimneys, then a whole valley will open up to these remarkable rock formations. [Fairy Chimneys] [Monks Valley - Pasabag] In addition to the draw of [...] Read more »
Now here’s a crafty little trick that is being employed by currency exchanges in Marmaris. Notice the rate for GBP (British Pound) and SCP (Scottish Pound) are different, even though they are one and the same. A Scottish pound is the same as a British Pound except that it is issued by Scottish banks. Most [...] Read more »