Ölüdeniz
I think the picture above fairly accurately sums up the last four amazing days that we have spent in Fethiye – it has been a like a holiday from the holiday.
Whilst here we have taken the foot of the accelerator a little, have gone to bed early and woken without an alarm, eaten amazing home [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2009’
Fethiye
Bodrum
Bodrum is a beautiful seaside town, home to warm weather, picturesque white homes and when summer rolls around sun burnt drunken package deal tourists. We have missed the start of the season, but one definitely gets the feeling that this place is gearing up for an onslaught of alcohol fuelled mayhem . But when this [...]
Ephesus
Nothing like an overnight bus to get you ready for the day ahead!
You see we arrived in Selçuk today at 7.00 am having spent the last 8 hours on a bus. Quite a nice bus, but still a bus and definitely not as good as the Argentinean buses that makes sleeping a dream. So stumbling [...]
Gallipoli
Australians, and I suspect Kiwis, learn a lot about the WWI landings at Gallipoli in school and in popular culture as kids and later. We learn of the heroism of the Australian soldiers, about the harsh conditions and steep hills the diggers faced and how misguided orders from officers wasted countless lives. But what we [...]
Istanbul not Constantinople
Apparently 12.5 million people live in Istanbul. Did you know that? I sure as hell didn’t, but according to Wikipedia it is true. So in essence the place is big, bloody big and extends far beyond where we have visited in our three days here.
Where we are staying, where most backpackers stay it seems, is [...]
The ten things I will and won't miss about living in the UK
Today sadly is my last full day in the UK before I leave to travel home to Sydney, Australia. I am genuinely sad to be leaving London. A short two and a half year stint doesn’t feel long enough to do this city justice, but I am not sure that ten years would. London is [...]
Did you know?
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Hat tip Tom Harrow.
Quattro giorni a Roma
Rome is one of those places you feel like you’ve been even if you have never visited. The city’s landmarks, history and culture pervade our history books, education and our consciousness like few other places.
Rome and the powerful empire that once extended from the city has always held a certain fascination for me. I remember [...]
Italy earthquake
I posted the tweet above a couple of minutes after this week’s Italian earthquake. The quake measured 6.3 on the Richter scale and mainly hit L’Aquila, a town roughly 60 miles north of Rome. Little did I know at that time that time that tragically up to 207 people would die.
The quake brought back memories [...]
Alpine Legend
As soon as I move back to Aus and have enough room to store the yodel pipe I am getting this game. Looks amazing…
