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Planet View: N39°42.653’ E21°37.791’ Street View: N39°42.653’ E21°37.791’ Definitely one of the best places we’ve visited so far, Kalambaka is a small mountain town nestled amongst surrounding granite monoliths. The surrounding peaks are home to a collection of orthodox monasteries, the way they are perched atop the rocks is an amazing sight. One of the […]
Planet View: N40°38.559’ E22°55.879’ Street View: N40°38.559’ E22°55.879’ Whew, what a ride we had to get to Thessaloniki! We caught an 8:30AM train from Sirkeci Station in Istanbul to the border town of Edirne. In Edirne a Turkish police officer came through the train and collected everyone’s passports (we weren’t too keen on him taking […]
Planet View: N41°00.445’ E28°58.618’ Street View: N41°00.445’ E28°58.618’ Temperature: 12°C (54°F) A packed train ride from Selcuk to Izmir and then a quick flight on Turkish Airlines brought us back to Istanbul where we spent three nights exploring the wonders of the historic city. We had a couple of days to ourselves before meeting up […]
Planet View: N40°14.463’ E26°16.901’ Street View: N40°14.463’ E26°16.901’ Temperature: 8°C (46°F) ET organized for the four of us to spend Anzac Day at Gallipoli on an organized tour with Intrepid. We caught a 12:00PM Intrepid bus (that ended up being a 1:30PM Intrepid bus) from Istanbul out along the Gallipoli Peninsula through Eceabat for dinner […]
Throughout our travels on foot and via bus across Turkey, I have noticed some common cultural themes that are very different to what we are used to in the west. Water Heaters: The water heating system consists of two metal barrels stacked on the roof which are attached to solar heating panels, the water is […]
Planet View: N37°56.915’ E27°22.079’ Street View: N37°56.915’ E27°22.079’ Temperature: 28°C (82°F) Three buses and about four hours up the Aegean coast took us from Bodrum to Selcuk, the quaint country town a couple of kilometers from the famous ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus. We only had one night in Selcuk, mainly to visit […]
Planet View: N37°2.357’ E27°25.614’ Street View: N37°2.357’ E27°25.614’ Another bus, another post… We’re on our way to Selcuk to see the ruins at Ephesus at the moment, so a little more downtime to write about our two nights in Bodrum. Bodrum is located on the Aegean Sea northwest along the coast from Fethiye, the main […]
Planet View: Trailhead at Kayakoy at N36°34.343’ E29°5.137’ Street View: Trailhead at Kayakoy at N36°34.343’ E29°5.137’ to the beach at Oludeniz at N36°32.856’ E29°7.232’ Temperature: 31°C The Lycian Way is heralded as one of the world’s most picturesque hiking trails. After discussing sections of the trail with the Aussie couple we met in Antalya who […]
Planet View: N36°37.136’ E29°5.686’ Street View: N36°37.136’ E29°5.686’ Leaving Fethiye behind us now as I have a little more downtime on the four hour express bus to Bodrum. On another Pamukkale bus, the ease of bus travel in Turkey is amazing, the buses are very well equipped and the 25 YTL ($USD15.60) includes TV headsets, […]
