10 Comments Craig’s back in playing up again and in the middle of the night the pain all got too much. After much tossing and turning it […]
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5 Comments We wake to the most horrid smell of sulphur and as we step outside, we see a haze over city. Mac n Tosh tootle over […]
Day 65: Bike Ride Around Charming Lakeside, Beysehir
2 Comments There’s a massive, impressive new municipal auditorium where this tender whirling human ballet is performed. They perform in the hall every Saturday night and the performance […]
Day 64: Take Two, The Swirling Dervishes, Konya
9 Comments Konya, a city of a million souls, squats slap in the middle of Anatolia’s wild plain, surrounded by open, endless prairie. Turkey’s most culturally conservative […]
Day 63, The Tomb of Rumi & Mevlanamania, Konya
3 Comments As we drive up into the Ihlara village we are reminded of the severe beauty of the valley. The simplicity of the cave dwellings, the […]
Day 62, The Original Travel Lodge, Silk Road
37 Comments In 2013, construction workers demolishing low income homes discovered entrances to a network of underground rooms and tunnels. The city halted the housing project, called […]
Day 61: An Unexpected Panic Attack, Derinkuyu
25 Comments If red valley wasn’t red enough, things get a little crazy as the sunsets. There are no typical fairy chimneys here but you will get […]
Day 59-60, Fairy Tale Chimneys & Giant Shiitake Mushrooms, Cappadocia.
12 Comments The next couple of days, we managed to visit a few of the sites in and around Mustafapasa on Eor. Ürgüp with its castle, monastery […]
Day 57-58: Quaint Villages of Cappadocia Region
14 Comments A lazy start to the day, so after lunch, we make our way back go the town centre. We stock up at a local A101 […]
Day 55-56: A labyrinth of Rock Dwellings, Mustafapasa
8 Comments We wake from a good nights sleep, the land ahead of us opens out into a panorama of craggy peaks, rolling hills, lakes and fields. […]
Day 54: The Humble Hand of Turkish Tobacco Land, ...
14 Comments After a nice hot shower and a bit of breakfast, we decide to explore the rest of Nemrut Dagi National Park. Vin rolls out the […]
Day 53: King Antiochus I & his Commagene Kingdom
33 Comments It has to be said that Nemrut Dagi is one of the most mystical and awe inspiring places in Turkey. Before we arrived in Turkey, […]
Day 52: Entombed Amongst The Gods, Nemrut Dagi
14 Comments We debate where next and agree to disagree on the destination. Craig wants to press on North and I want to stay south/west then head […]
Day 51: A Long Jaunt Through Volatile Land to Mount ...
15 Comments The richest and most striking of the Assyrian Orthodox monasteries is Deyrulzafaran. Set 10 kilometres from Mardin and just twenty minutes drive along the main […]
Day 50: Saffron Monastery & Honey Coloured City, Mardin
38 Comments The ruins of Dara are intertwined with the village of Oguz. Military stop points are nonexistent and the village feels peaceful with no indication of […]
Day 49: The Hidden Ancient Roman City of Anastopolis, Dara
18 Comments Our latest post comes from Tony & Teresa, who have a fantastic catch phrase ‘Traveling In a Tin Box And Loving Every Minute Of It’. […]
Meet More Motorhomers: Tony & Teresa
25 Comments A really good nights sleep considering we had to move and the fact it is a petrol station. Now the first question if the day…do […]
Day 48; The Oldest Syriac Monastery in the World, Syrian ...
15 Comments We set off along the D955 and through the pale cream dust on our windscreen we can see the endless landscape. Relatively mellow yellow with […]
Day 47: 12 Wise Men & Dozen’s of Cheeky Teenagers, ...
16 Comments We are parked just above the Tigris River and surround by a beguiling and fascinating settlement that feels like an open air museum. The waters […]
Day 46: The Cradle of Civilisation, Hasankeyf
4 Comments The first rule of motorhome etiquette is the wave! When we first got our motorhome no one told us about the secret wave, the greeting, […]
Motorhome Etiquette
21 Comments Its late afternoon, when we move on and the soft light brings a calm and warm atmosphere to the lake. We hug the waterside as […]
Day 45: Following the Old Trade Route, Bitlis
16 Comments We sleep like logs but our sleep is somewhat cut short. By 7am the motorhome club are raring to go as, Ankara beckons. After a […]
Day 44: Lunch at the Olympic Horse Centre, Edremit
22 Comments The alarm sounds at 7am and we spring in to action. Its not long and the coach arrives to take us to…we have no idea! […]
Day 43, Guest Appearance in Turkish Tourism Video
31 Comments We wave goodbye to Mike and hit the road towards Van. Today, we are meeting the Turkish caravan club (the guys we bumped in to […]