We went out to the middle of the Blue Lagoon in Oludeniz and saw a green turtle with two remoras hitch hiking underneath it (not seen in Hawaii). Kids had fun playing soccer with some local Turkish kids who don’t speak English (so they sign). A seven-year-old boy had tears on his eyes when we […]
Author: Calvin Ho
Ephesus, Akyaka, Dalyan
We woke up in our sleeper train and by 7:30am we have arrived in Izmir, a big modern Turkish city that is on the Aegean coast. This is the part of the journey that we will be taking a lot of local trains. Our plan is to first see the ancient Smyrna in the morning, […]
Konya and Sleeper Train
I have always wanted to do more travel by railway. Besides being eco-friendly, one can also relax and even lay down to sleep on a sleeper train. With some good researching and pre-booking tickets through a travel agent in Istanbul, we secured two cabins on the Konya-Izmir train. We drove 2.5 hours to Konya and […]
Cappadocia
We have arrived safely in Cappadocia and had an amazing time seeing the Cave Churches, the Underground City, and riding camels in the Red Valley! Kaymakli Underground City We visited the Monks Valley on our last day in Cappadocia. This is the site where St Simeon stayed as a hermit.
Istanbul
We began our 5-week journey in Istanbul. Here is an overview of our 5-week itinerary: 3 weeks in Turkey, 1 week in Lebanon, 1 week in Cyprus, and last few days hopping through Athens, Naples, Pompei, and Rome. Sultanahmet Why do we begin our journey in Istanbul, and why spend three weeks in Turkey? I […]
Paris Airport
We are at SFO and are boarding our 17-hour flight to Istanbul en route CDG.