12 Comments Visit some of Greece’s quieter or slightly more remote shores and beach life will urge you to slow right down. Just what we need after […]
Motorhome
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70 Comments We arrived in Turkey on 7 August and left on 5 November with just 1 day left on our tourist visa. During our time, […]
Motorhome Costs & Statistics for 3 Months in Turkey
49 Comments Last night, we ate out at Rose Cafe. It may not win any gastronomic medals but it was tasty, filling and unforgettable. The ingredients include […]
Day 89: Crossing from the East to the West, Ipsala
37 Comments The enormity of the number of soldiers killed during WWI has left an indelible mark on the landscape. They call them the silent villages, the […]
Day 87-88: Driving around WW1 War Graves, Gallipoli
10 Comments Temperatures fell sharply in the night and when I push open the motorhome doors it feels ice cold. I quickly retreat for my fleece and […]
Day 86: Ferry Across the Dardanelles Straits, Kilidulbahir
3 Comments It’s a soft, warmish morning and time to say goodbye to the puppies. I hate leaving them and so want to find them a home, […]
Day 85: Fireworks on Our Last Night in Asia, Canukkale
6 Comments Stray dogs bark all night long, so breakfast is eaten slump style. But we have good news, Tosh is feeling much better and his grumpy […]
Day 84: A Taste of the West! Big Mac Meal, ...
8 Comments An early rise the make the most of a long journey. After three hours of driving and two hours of crawling through Izmir, we pull […]
Day 82-83: Sick Humans, Dogs & A Motorhome, Kucukkoy
14 Comments We woke to more glorious sunshine, so nothing for it. We head 40 km straight to the beach and find a perfect spot right outside […]
Day 79-80: Surely That’s Not 1 of the 7 Wonders ...
16 Comments Time to leave the peace and tranquility of Altinkum beach. The bracing exhausting anarchy of Turkish roads begins as soon as we head towards the […]
Day 77 – 78: Following the Sacred Way Didim to ...
20 Comments Tatil bölgesi” (the holiday region), is like Turkey’s very own Route 66, a mythical road that defined summer for millions of tourists, including us. A […]
Day 72 – 76; Turkey’s Route 66 Marmaris to Altinkum
11 Comments Never have we visited a single other country on this planet that surprised me as much as Turkey. This is one country that needs to […]
Day 68: Smelly Cave & Stray Dogs, Kaklik
11 Comments Once we leave the lakeside of Egidir, the smooth surface of the D330 take us further in to the Western Taurus Mountains. Eventually we turn […]
Day 67: The Pottery Production Centre of Antiquity, Sagalassos
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 […]
Day 66: Autumn Apples in Lake District, Egidir
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
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
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
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
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’. […]