A visit back in time…following the Aegean Coast – Izmir to Bodrum

Posted by on Nov 21, 2012 in Turkey | 2 comments Our flight from Kayseri, Cappadocia to Izmir was due to arrive at 6.30pm thus we had a tight connection with the last train to Selcuk leaving the airport train station at 7:30pm. A late airport transfer from Goreme and delayed flight departure added to our concern about whether we would actually make it. Our landing at Izmir would be the roughest we have experienced in a jet aircraft –...
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Going ‘Green’ in Cappadocia …

Posted by on Nov 19, 2012 in Turkey | 1 comment Feeling as though we should see more of the surrounding countryside of Cappadocia, we booked four seats on an organised day tour, something we rarely do as we are not usually ‘tour people’. However, it soon became apparent that the cost and convenience of the tour outweighed the cost of hiring a car and navigating ourselves. In hindsight, it was definately the right thing to do as the...
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Out of this world! Ballooning over Cappadocia …

Posted by on Nov 18, 2012 in Turkey | 2 comments I don’t usually like re-visiting places I have been to before – there are too many new places to see before rehashing old ones. However, Turkey is the exception. Turkey had made a real impression on me 20 odd years ago when, with a group of friends, we had spent some weeks island hopping through Greece before landing in Kusadasi on the Aegean Coast, visiting the ancient ruins of Ephesus,...
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“There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.” – Walter Streightiff

Posted by on Nov 16, 2012 in India | 6 comments Agra – a place you feel almost obliged to go to when visiting India; and if it wasn’t for the Taj Mahal,  one I’m sure most would miss, but there is more to see than the Taj – like another Fort!  Our time here was…well, interesting. It got off to a bit of a shaky start though… Our afternoon train from Jaipur to Agra departed at 5pm and was scheduled to arrive at 9:30pm, but ran...
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DIPS in Jaipur

Posted by on Nov 10, 2012 in India | 2 comments As our preferred travelling style is slow and steady, this last week in India was really flying in the face of what is the norm for us.  In the time usually reserved for just one place we needed to cover three cities, not to mention the travelling in between. We planned to end our Indian odyssey with the classic ‘Golden Triangle’ of Jaipur, Agra and Delhi, starting with 4 nights at a great...
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