Time

God I've been here for over two months Two months How the time flies it doesn't feel like two monthsI think because the times have been so great. I can only excitedly await the 7ish remaining The time that's passed really hit me just tonight when Uygar Mustafa and I were working out the details of having some one replace Uygar once he leaves for his compulsory military service at the end o

"We solve our problems with our hearts"

I was speaking with a Turkish man the other day. We were contrasting people from the west especially Americans with the Turks. He said something that really caught my attention You solve your problems with your minds. Your mind is more important than your heart. We solve our problems with our hearts. While I'm not exactly sure how he meant it he doesn't know much English and I know much

A Day in Cappadocia

Oguzhan Avcituncer our guide Angela and Teresa both from Melbourne set out today to discover Cappadocia an extensive area around the centre of Turkey. We began from Nevsehir travelling to a nearby underground city where over 10000 people once lived. Such cities were first established around 8000 BC in pagan times. People chose these extensive and linked caves as their homes to protect them

Trabzon I will depart from you

There are some places for everyone which you feel a belonging without knowing really why and Black Sea region of Turkey is somewhere like that for me. Ok my father is from this region and when I seek my ancestorywhich ever branch I look for at my fathers side I always end up somewhere in eastern Black Sea but still I spent a very little time of my life in this region and I was in my end twenties

Flying high in Turkey

Hi EveryoneTo continue on from my last update we must all take an extremely sickening ferry journey to 2 different Greek Islands each of which required an overnight stay and then the final ferry ride to Kusadasi Turkey. At this point in my travel I am still with my Aussie friend Tom an Aussie couple and a guy from Edmonton. We thoroughly enjoyed walking around the bazaar in Kusadasi sale

The most eastern country of the West and the most western country of the East

I read in the paper the other day that Turkey has offered to mediate the dialogue between the Obama administration and Tehran assuming it actually happens which I have some reservations about. This is so revealing of Turkey's political situation. What does Turkey have to gain from acting as mediator Turkey sees itself as the bridge between East and West as Erdogan's Turkey's PM governmen

Canyon Walks and Bar Crawls

After 8 weeks back in the U.K. the lure of some sunshine was just too great to ignore. As Stan and I now both work in schools and they were all about to close for half term we thought why not After trawling the internet for an evening we came up with a cheap late package deal to Kusadasi Turkey. It didn't take us long to snap up the dealWe were staying in a small hotel just a few minutes walk