Blogs from Cankiri, Turkey, Middle East

I said my goodbyes to Matt! Then said hello to two nights on an overnight train from Budapest, via Bucharest in Romania (2 hours stop there), then to Bulgaria and arrived at the Turkish boarder. Here I had to get off my train at 1am, get a Turkish Visa then catch a bus to Istanbul! I have so many awesome stamps in my passport now with little trains in the top corner. Initially I was a little nervous about spending two nights on a train, but it was completely fine. On my first train there was a couple from Bristol in the UK in my cabin and second train a couple from London and a Ano a guy from Paris who is a doctor, very good looking, so he ticked all the boxes expect he had ... read more