From Finike, we again tossed ourselves in the squishy back of our friends’ Jimmy Jeep to be whisked away to a part of Türkiye we definitely wouldn’t have seen otherwise... Side, one hour east of Antalya, and a terrific blend of Las Turkus with themed all-inclusive hotels, miles of sandy beaches, a polished Ottoman old town, some genuinely authentic ruins…
Table of Contents Staying Fed Staying Hydrated Staying Clothed Staying Comfy Staying Fit & Well Staying Organized Staying Safe & Secure Staying 21st Century: Electronics & Productivity *Updated October 2022. We have been nomadic for four years since this packing list post was first published in July 2019... it needed some updating. Products have failed and have not been replaced,…
Travel opens your eyes. To idyllic landscapes, delightful new foods, cultural experiences, local realities and new ways of thinking. These are all reasons we love it. But human connection is why we travel. You escape the bubble of everything you know, and open your eyes to every race, every religion, every culture...and it’s only then that you discover people become…
From Sanliurfa, we relocated another three hours east to the city of Mardin, a resplendent city of 800k equally steeped in history high on a plateau in Upper Mesopotamia. It is perched high on a plateau overlooking the Mesopotamian plains all the way to Syria. It is blanketed with elegant limestone buildings, soaring intricate minarets, and is arguably neck and neck…
Arguably the most momentous archeological discovery of our time, Gobeklitepe is an amazingly bewildering place to visit. This 12,000 year-old-world wonder was designed a whopping 6,000 years BEFORE the Pyramids of Egypt or Stonehenge. Yes, that means it was developed and crafted by Neolithic, basically hunting/gathering cave people, who had not even cracked the code on how to make metal…
The potpourri of cardamom and other exotic smells permeate the air as you amble through the most authentic souk in Turkiye….the sounds of men chattering in a mix of Turkish and Arabic over tea comingles with the haunting call to prayer…the sights of women in various degrees of sheathing sashay by collections of pint-sized tables and chairs which look like…
From Cappadocia, we rolled east to Kahta, which would serve as the base for our venture to the much lesser visited Turkish wonder of Mount Nemrut. We planned to take a direct overnight bus from Kayseri to Kahta but since that would involve a 13-hour wait at the bus station, with the help of a friendly bus station attendant, we…
Göreme Ridge Trail Although we loved the unique experiences like cave hotels and hot air balloons, the reason we loved Cappadocia the most was the buckets of hiking opportunities. To kick off our eight nights in this whimsical region, we stayed in the tourist hot spot of Göreme for two nights and almost immediately went on the ridge walk up…
