Posted in Travel on Jul 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Forgive all the exclamation marks … but the hot air balloon ride we took in Cappadocia was one of our best experiences this year. Yes, it was a little pricey, and you have to get up very early, but it was great. We had researched companies and pricing beforehand, but it turned out that we [...]
Posted in Travel on Jul 26th, 2007 No Comments »
The CaÄŸaloÄŸlu (pronounced, approximately, ja-low-loo) hammam is the oldest functioning hammam in Istanbul and has been featured in lots of movies, as well as in the book called “1,000 Places to See before You Die” – facts you are made aware of as soon as you step inside their door. We had a choice of [...]
Posted in Travel on Jul 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Nothing like a 4 day boat cruise to beat the heat and rat race of touring around Turkey. Our boat – not quite the one pictured below, but similar – was a 26 meter wooden hulled gullet. According to the crew this class of ship goes for about 250,000 YTL or $200,000 CAD – not [...]