Monthly Archives: July 2012

Rumi's Tomb. I got yelled at for taking this picture. I was afraid the guard would make me delete this picture--thankfully he didn't. — We hopped on the morning bus from Cappadocia and arrived four-hours later in Konya, Rumi’s final resting place, to witness the whirling dervishes ceremony and to visit his tomb. It has been the most spiritual experience so far on our trip. Konya is a mix of historical significance by […]

Konya: Turkey’s Bible Belt

31 Jul, 2012 in Blog / Photography / Rumi / Turkey tagged Islam / Konya / Mavlana Cultural Center / Mavlana Museum / Meditation / Rumi / Sama / Whirling Dervish by Humpty

Our Friends — I realize it is still early into our trip, but since Humpty and I were talking about it the other day, I thought it would be interesting to post this now and do another list like this towards the middle of the trip and then one at the end of […]

Top Nine Things I Miss About New York, Part One

27 Jul, 2012 in Blog / Photography / Reflections tagged Amazon.com / Bars / Batman / Breaking Bad / New York / Pedialyte / Tequila by Dumpty

SONY DSC — The private tour we took on third day of the southern valleys of Cappadocia was the highlight of our trip. Well, let me say it this way – we had seen lots of pictures of Cappadocia, especially of the hot air balloons, from our friends and other visitors. So when […]

Kaymakli Underground City & Caves Churches: Eat, Pray, Die

25 Jul, 2012 in Blog / Photography / Ruins & History / Turkey tagged Cappadocia / Cemil / christianity / church cave / history / Hittites / Kaymakli / Sahinefendi / Soğanlı / underground city by Humpty

SONY DSC — We found ourselves in a (almost) deserted town. We had just arrived in Göreme at 7 a.m. and our hotel was another 10 km away in a small town called Ürgüp. Not exactly walking distance after a sleepless nine-hour bus ride from Antalya with backpacks. Hmmm, what to do? Cappadocia, […]

Cappadocia: The Land of the Beautiful Horses (or ATVs)

20 Jul, 2012 in Blog / Hiking / Mountains & Nature / Photography / Ruins & History / Turkey tagged Cappdocia / Fairy Chimney / Goreme / Hiking / Kaymakli / Urgup / Zelve valley by Humpty

SONY DSC — I am in love with Geyikbayiri, a small town high up in the mountains about 30 km west of Antalya. Unless you’re an avid climber or you know a local, the typical tourist like us would have never heard of this town of natural springs and killer views of the […]

Geyikbayiri, Çıralı, and Chimaera: Light at the end of the ...

17 Jul, 2012 in Blog / Fears / Mountains & Nature / Ocean & Beaches / Photography / Turkey tagged Antalya / Beach / Chimaera / Çıralı / Geyikbayiri / Gözleme by Humpty

SONY DSC — Budget travel is not synonymous with convenient travel. The trip to our first stop, Antalya, was as a never-ending journey. We departed New York at 2pm and arrived twenty-four hours later. And there were no flight delays or cancellations in any of the 3 flights we took!! I originally planned […]

Walk to Mordor – Our Auspicious Beginning

17 Jul, 2012 in Blog / Mountains & Nature / Photography / Turkey tagged Antalya / Beach / Marina / Mountain / Ocean & Beaches / Turkey by Dumpty

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