Travel Blog

Weaving our way through the Turkish countryside visiting ancient cities, ruins, and monuments then capping it off with a birthday party for a complete stranger

We go back to Konya and revisit some familiar sites, try some new foods, and take a look into part of the mystical character of Konya’s cultural landscape.

Returning to Afyon to hike through more of the Ancient Phrygian homeland with its caves, ancient churches, rock cut shrines, and stunning nature.

We take the world’s most burning questions about Turkey according to Google and dive into the stories, trivia, meaning, and history behind them.

A look into the amazing world of Afyon’s Eber Lake, where boats ferry sickle wielding harvesters through muddy channels and reed choked water ways.

Stories from meeting with some interesting characters in Afyon’s old quarter; one of the most authentic and active old neighborhoods I’ve seen in Turkey.

I discover a market stall in Istanbul where a cotton candy type treat is made the traditional way by pulling melted sugar by hand.

A look back at the year that was 2019 through photos plus some travel goals for 2020

Our first hiking and camping adventure on one of Turkey’s many long distance trekking trails. We ate, we walked, we ended up in a hotel because of a snake.

Our first attempt at the 500+ kilometres of trail known as the Phrygian way. Some hiking, some camping, some nature, some history, getting lost, but no caves.