Kas

The first order of business for Gimpy and I on our free day was to sleep in. Since we arrived, we hadn't had a proper day to catch up on sleep so this was the day! We were lucky, because when we woke up, it was down pouring quite hard outside, so we dodged a bullet being indoors rather than outdoors during this. Dedikodu After taking our time getting up, we made our way to a coffee place called...

Cruising to Kekova

Cruising around Kekova From Antalya, we continued our drive through Turkey. Our destination today would be Kas. However, before Kas we'd be spending the day on a boat sailing through the Mediterranean and around the Island of Kekova. It took us about an hour to arrive at the dock, where we grabbed our day bags and boarded the ship. It's a small boat with an open rear seating area, and a top and...

Konya & Antalya

To add insult to injury, when we woke up this morning, we were treated to a view of hot air balloons in the air. It was a bit of salt in the wound for some of us who really wanted to take a flight but it was still a sight to see. While it was a tough pill to swallow, we soldiered on, and after some breakfast made our way out of Cappadocia and onward to Konya. Sultanhani Caravanserai Our first...

Driving to Cappadocia

After some breakfast at our hotel, we set off for Cappadocia. A lot of us were excited to get there since many of us had hot air balloons on the mind. It was a few hours drive with a few stops along the way. Lake Tuz Salt Flats Our first stop was the was the Lake Tuz salt flats where a large amount of Turkey's Salt production is from. We spent an hour here taking in the expanse of the flats and...

First day(s) in Istanbul

Refreshed after a good feel hours of sleep I arrived in Istanbul and proceeded smoothly through customs and immigration. Being a business class customer let me skip most of the customs line and I was in and out in 15 minutes. Istanbul Gimpy would be arriving an hour after me, and the plan was for me to wait for her and travel into Istanbul together. Once she arrived, we made our way to the...

Turkey and Croatia

Its September and I'm travelling again! This time I'll be travelling to Turkey and Croatia! This trip was an idea all the way back when Gimpy, Muscles and I were travelling through Africa in 2016. On one of the long bus rides we had in Egypt. Gimpy had mentioned one of her travel bucket lists was to ride in a hot air balloon in Turkey. One of my own travel goals had been to do an Aeroplan...