As with every ancient Greek, Roman, Persian or Lycian city I have visited, vast piles of carefully numbered carved columns and other stonework lie waiting to be used on site or shipped to museums.
The Contrast of Olympos and Ephesus June 11th 2012 Some experiences just can’t be photographed. Some are too magical to be captured. Turkey is a beautiful country and all the places I have traveled around here are very picturesque. However, my most recent trip to Olympos was just different from my other vacations around Turkey.
For one, it was a short weekend get-away to the beach. I left Istanbul after work on Friday and flew back on Sunday. A ... read more
Middle East » Turkey » Mediterranean 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
I live in Cusco, Peru and will be posting mostly about my trips around Peru and South America. From August 2012 to June 2014 I lived in Dhaka, Bangladesh and blogged about living there and traveling around Southeast Asia. This blog also contains my stories from living in Istanbul, two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco, and some other travels. ... full info