Author Archives: Jane

We arrived in on Sunday and we leave tomorrow (Friday) so this is just a summary of our stay and our stay has been jammed packed and there have not been too many spare moments to attend to blogs. Finding our driver at the airport was quicker than the drive into town, however we wereContinue reading “Istanbul and a different pace of life”

It was another really start with a bus coming to pick us up before 6am and it was very cold, -2C. We drove into Goreme and joined a row of hundreds of cars, buses and trailers winding their way through the hills to a flat area. Somehow our bus driver worked out were to goContinue reading “Another day in Cappadocia”

We arrived In Cappadocia mid morning and basically hit the ground running. We are staying in Urgup a small town outside the main centre of Goreme. We have a small cave hotel and our room is amazing but I have to say it’s a bit difficult not having any natural light. You have no conceptContinue reading “Cappadocia. What an experience”

We spent our last day in Antalya being tourist and taking a tour. We had tried to work out how to take a public ferry around to the cable car and to visit the waterfalls but they were all far apart and it was easier on a tour. Off we went with the gang andContinue reading “Antalya. That’s it”

For the first time since being away I actually slept through the night. No 3 hours awake dusting the night and no being awake for the call to prayer at 5 .30am. In fact Danny woke me at 8am. He is never awake before me! We had a leisurely breakfast and it was good toContinue reading “Antalya. What a gem”

It was a really early start as we were being driven to the other side of the mountain for our final descent and the finish of the walk. Our itinerary was to walk up and over the mountain but to get to that drop off point it would be an 80 kms drive as thereContinue reading “Day 28. The last”

Tuncays friend ( we still don’t know his name) drove us up the mountain to our staring point at Elmayani. I don’t think he has driven that way before, nor on mountain roads, nor on dirt roads. Within 5 minutes he stoped the car and went and asked at a house for directions. He wasContinue reading “Day 27. A shorter day”

After a great meal last night and a late breakfast that included gozleme we took the day off trekking and went to the beach. It was about a 3 km walk across a dry river bed and along a road which was the backs of all the elaborate hotels and resorts facing the beach. ManyContinue reading “Day 26. Lazy day”

After a somewhat ordinary breakfast but with the surprise of a few walnuts and dried figs we were on our way. To begin with the track was once again a reasonable road with great views but also with mist making photos difficult. We spied our camp from the other side of the valley Soon theContinue reading “Day 24. Scary Saturday”

We were on the road just before 8.30 which was almost a record early start, and straight away it was an uphill paved road back to the main track. Although it wasn’t too steep it was enough to remind our muscles that they had really taken a pounding the day before. The trail took usContinue reading “Day 23 Where is Doha Camp?”