Ruins & History

Buddha statue at Grand Palace — Arriving in Bangkok from Pakistan was great. As much as we enjoyed visiting Pakistan, there were some parts we didn’t enjoy. We had reliable internet connectivity for maybe a week tops and the power went out at regular intervals (The weather was around 90 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit and at […]

Americans in Bangkok

23 Nov, 2012 in Blog / Photography / Ruins & History / Thailand tagged Bangkok / Chao Phraya River / Grand Palace / Muay Thai / Terminal 21 / Wat Arun by Humpty

The bazaar — Visiting the ancient and alleged city of Troy was one of the destinations I was most excited about when we initially planned on traveling to Turkey. As we did more research on Troy, though, it was becoming too out of the way, too little to see as it has unfortunately […]

Ephesus: Visions of Ancient Times and Reminiscing on Hector

28 Aug, 2012 in Blog / Photography / Reflections / Ruins & History / Turkey tagged Achilleus / Ephesus / Hector / Illiad / Ruins & History / Troy / Turkey by Dumpty

İsmail Acar’s exhibition “Sema” at the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum. — Rumi is widely misused and misunderstood in my opinion. He has become a fad. An “it” book to cover up in pretty gift wrap and present it to someone, who will probably pile it on to his or her coffee table collection without reading it. Christian Science monitor ranked Rumi […]

Why I Love Rumi

18 Aug, 2012 in Blog / Photography / Reflections / Ruins & History / Rumi / Turkey tagged Ego / Poetry / Rumi / Spiritualism by Humpty

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

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