Hot air balloons at dawn

Goreme, underground cities, Star Wars, and lentil soup

April 14th 2018
I’ve given my wife a lot of blank looks over the years but when she told me we were off to Goreme for a holiday I had to dig deep into my repertoire of bemused expressions. I settled for a bland gaze with my eyes twitching quizzically to the left and right. Then I did some research. Goreme is a small town in the Cappadocia region of central Turkey. It is ‘famous’ f ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia

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

Message Follow (9) Comment

John Poulton

johnpoulton

Work colleagues and friends used to ask if I'm a secret millionaire, the truth is we live in a modest house, buy cheap cars and don't spend our money on 'stuff'. There's no pockets in a shroud, we want memories to grow old with, not things. Some of the holidays are quite flashy and pricey, but most aren't as we take advantage of cheap flights. We look for bargains on booking.com and, if the weather's nice enough, we camp in the UK in summer. The aim of this blog is to share anecdotes from our trips and ideas about destinations. I hope you like it and thanks for looking.... full info

Joined	March 5th 2018	Trips	0
Last Login	October 8th 2023	Followers	9
Status	BLOGGER	Follows	2
Blogs	41	Guestbook	78
Photos	188	Forum Posts	1

[photo=9788119]

[blogger=381590]

[photo=9788119]

[blog=1013629]

[blogger=381590]

Top Photos Blog Map

Tot: 0.093s; Tpl: 0.004s; cc: 7; qc: 33; dbt: 0.0393s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb