Overall what we did: 5 days in Malaysia wandering around Kuala Lumpur 3 days in Singapore 13 days in Thailand split between Phuket and Bangkok 12 days in Cambodia split between Siem Reap and Phnom Penh 49 days in Japan, mostly in Osaka with a week in Tokyo and day trips to Wakayama, Kobe, Koya-san …
Overall what we did: 13 days split into: 2 days in Bodrum, 2 days in Selçuk, 1 day in Denizli and Pamukkale, 4 days in Göreme and 4 days in Istanbul from 23 May 2014 to 5 June 2014 Favourite part of Turkey: Hmm, it would have to be the hot air ballooning, or the …
Well here we are again. Another slightly obsessive food post. While Takeshi and I did enjoy Turkish food, we have now reached the point in our trip where all I could think was “OMG I want a kitchen!”. So we found a place in Istanbul and Goreme where we could cook and have a few …
Today was our sightseeing day in Istanbul (we didn’t do much else for the rest of the time we were in Istanbul), so today we were off to the Blue Mosque and Hagia or Aya Sofia. The New Mosque, and also the Blue Mosque are beautiful inside, and would highly recommend visiting them if you’re …
Just a very short post today as, well, to be honest we haven’t done all the much in Istanbul! Takeshi and I have both got to the travel burn out stage I think so we’ve been taking it a bit slower. So while the photos of Aya Sofia and the Blue Mosque are being edited, …
Our final day in Göreme was spent wandering up to the Open Air Museum, and then wandering around the rock formations in the area. We didn’t end up going into the museum (I’m a bit museum’d out), so it was rather nice to be able to just walk around and enjoy the scenery. Unfortunately the …
For something a little different, here is a video of our balloon flight over Cappadocia. Cinematography – Takeshi Matsumoto Editing – Jessica Noack Music – Tempting Secrets by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Here we go. Finally have gotten around to writing the post with the photos from our balloon ride. We had a lot of fun (except for the 4:30am pick up), and it was great to be able to watch the sun rise over Goreme with all of the other balloons. The balloon we were in …
Today was a rather nice day spent walking around Göreme and through the Red and Rose Valleys nearby. The scenery was rather nice, and it was a rather pleasant day (mostly) for a walk. Unfortunately partway through we did get rained on a bit, but at least it was nice and cooling after the heat! …
Super short post again today. Our night bus arrived in Göreme rather early in the morning, so although we had the whole day to explore and check out the town… we didn’t. Ended up crashing and sleeping a bit as well as working on the blog instead. Yeap, super productive day! So here are a …