By going at sunset of course. The funny thing is they officially close the site around 6pm and the sun does not set until past 8pm. Luckily there is a…
On Tuesday, I wrote all about the ancient city of Troy and today I want to tell you about the rest of our three-night road trip in northwest Turkey. We…
Yesterday I wrote about our vist to the ancient city of Troy and you saw the Trojan Horse they have displayed there. You are able to climb inside of it…
2800 years ago, Homer, who was also from Turkey, wrote about the great 10-year siege of this ancient city and how it was finally captured with a Trojan Horse. All…
Today’s photo of the day is from a small mountain town called Adatepe, which means “hill island”. It is an ancient Greek town that is wonderful to walk around in….
For those of you that have been following me for a while, you have just finished reading all about Melek and mine’s six-week cruise through the upper Caribbean. I hope…
Today will be my last blog about the unbelievably cool area in the middle of Turkey called Cappadocia. As I have shown you over the last week and a half…
This is our last “photo of the day” in the Cappadocia area and it is looking over the city of Goreme. Tomorrow I will wrap up our time in this…
This unexpectedly cool monastery is like being in the Goreme Open Air Museum, except the interiors are much more elaborate. What impressed me was how there were passages everywhere. It…
Today’s “photo of the day” has Melek, which is Turkish for angel, sitting in the window of a typical Cappadocian building. It was carved right into the rock very much…
The Derinkuyu underground city is a very cool area in the Cappadocia portion of Turkey. It was first started when the Hittites carved the first two levels in the 8th…
If so then you want to visit the Cappadocia area. Today’s photo of the day is of Guvercinlik at sunset. We are right in the middle of the blogs about this…
The Goreme Open Air Museum is a valley in the Cappadocia area of Turkey (next to a city of the same name). It contains the remains of a Christian society…
Cappadocia is a region in the middle of Turkey where a plateau of soft rock lies. Canyons have been carved into this plateau over the eons and there are many,…
Here the crew at Atmosfer Balloon is getting the balloons ready for our ride in Cappadocia. Up and down the canyons we will go and tomorrow you can read all…
[Shane – Yesterday I posted a “photo of the day” of a sunrise in a hot air balloon to start a series of blogs about the amazing Cappadocia area in…
Today I am starting a series of blogs and photos about an amazing area in middle of Turkey called Cappadocia. This place is so amazing and should really be better…
as you can tell in this “Photo of the Day”! You can read all about our day doing a 4×4 jeep tour through the desert if you read the blog…
Today is our last day in Jordan and we spent it in Aqaba at Bernice Resort on the Red Sea. I have to admit I am spoiled when it comes…
Khaz’ali Canyon is one of the coolest places in Wadi Rum….and I am talking both temperature and atmosphere. In fact back in history many caravans stopped here to cool off…
Today we spent the day in Wadi Rum, which is a vast desert National Park in southern Jordan. I am going to let Melek tell you her thoughts and then…
It would have to be the Monastery at the top of the mountain. You have to walk an hour to get here, but are rewarded with less of a crowd…
Today was the main reason I chose to visit Jordan (although I enjoyed every bit of this country now that I have seen it) and we got to the gate…
Did you see yesterday’s “photo of the Day”? I only ask because it would have given you a sneak peek at today’s blog about Petra At Night (plus it would…
What do you think? Is this not amazing? Please come back tomorrow so you can read about this magical experience…..plus there is a very funny story about me getting attacked…
For the most part Jordan is a hilly and rocky desert country that has fantastic vistas and not at all what you first imagine when you think desert. With that…
Today’s “Photo of the Day” shows the modern town of Amman, Jordan built around the 6000 seat of a Roman Theater built around 150 AD. If you go back to…
On Sunday I told you about crossing from Israel to Jordan (fyi, I used the northern river crossing) and how I met Melek at the airport at two o’clock in…
So a funny story about this photo, I set my alarm for 5:30am in order to walk along the boardwalk and get a sunrise photo over the Sea of Galilee….
This is the last blog I will be posting about Israel (although tomorrow I have a sunrise photo from the Sea of Galilee as the “Photo of the Day”) and…