Full buses out of Ankara and Goreme Open Air Museum & [i]that's not a hike[/i] in Rose Valley September 18th 2011 Sunday 18th Sept - Ankara to Goreme, Cappadocia
After breakfast and thanks & farewell to our hosts, we caught a taxi to the nearest metro station and caught a metro that took us to the bus station. Naively, we arrived at the bus station at 5 minutes before 11 thinking we would be able to get tickets on the 11am bus out of Ankara to Cappadocia. It's Sunday morning and as soon as ... read more
Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more
Hello, friends and interested readers.
Time to head north again for the Australian winter.
First stop Morocco where I will be joined by some friends for a short tour around the country.
From there a few of us head north to Holland to purchase bicycles.
Train on to Prague for a few days sightseeing, and then down to Cesky Krumlov - a beautiful and now one of my favorite places around the world.
We then transfer bikes and our selves over to Regensberg in Germany to start our bike ride along the Danube River towpaths. Not sure how far we will get before some fly home out of Vienn... full info