Wow what a trip that was. We set out in March 2021 to plan a trip knowing that Covid would still be around and that international travel could still be…
Easily one of the 10 most magnificent buildings on earth. It is so tremendous that it’s worth coming to Istanbul just to see it. Of course there is a lot…
Our final driving leg was from the Aegean resort town of Kuşadası to raucus Istanbul. Here is our route: Before leaving the Aegean, we had one more stop and that…
We came west to Kuşadası so that we could visit the famous Ephesus. You can’t come this far on a trip around Turkey and not visit Ephesus and Kuşadası is…
Early in the morning we left our beautiful hotel in Cappadocia and made our sprint west across Turkey from the central highlands around Cappadocia to the swanky, sexy resorts of…
After our fantastic visits to the mosaic museums in Gaziantep and Antakya we left southern Turkey and drove north Cappadocia. Here is our route for the day. After driving along…
We left Gaziantep behind and headed to the little known Hatay province and the city of Antakya. Here was our route for today. People have lived in around the valley…
After our culture rich stop in Sanliurfa we headed west for even more culture in Gaziantep. On the way we stopped at a crossing of the Euphrates River. Of course…
Remember those biblicalish movies starring Charleton Heston from the 60’s? Mardin was pulled right from a set of one of those films. But here’s a tip: If you drive here…