food and art treasures waiting to be discovered in Gaziantep
Gaziantep is just 100km north of the Syrian border. It's the foodie capital of Turkey and one of the mosaic capitals of the world.
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from the holy to the profane on the road to adana
Today we were travelling from Goreme to Adana. Highlights? A superb underground monastery, awesome Roman aqueduct, and glorious food..
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Rediscovering your inner child in beautiful Cappadoccia
An elfin wonderland of balloon parties in the sky, upside down underground apartments and holey cheese wedge houses. Alice would have loved it..
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palermo is both gritty & wondrous
Palermo is a frantic place, loud and dirty, friendly and gruff. It’s like a place you might find in a story from the Arabian nights.
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the slow road up, down & along the murray river
The COVID pandemic has restricted our travel options overseas so this is the era of aussies rediscovering Australia. Niran and I love driving and the options for travelling from Sydney…
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a scenic way home from victoria to sydney
– avoid the freeway and enjoy country australia – We were just about at the end of our two week road trip around central and northern Victoria, and were preparing…
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a leisurely ride on the tumbarumba rail trail
– a peaceful ride through lush countryside – Upfront let me declare that Niran and I are not exactly exercise freaks! Nonetheless, we opted to spend the entire last day…
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a quiet day in and around castlemaine
– gentle beauty & peace found in the run-of-the-mill – We had decided to spend a quiet day exploring a few small towns in and around Castlemaine. There’s nothing grand…
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immersing ourselves in the vic gold rush
– a trip through some amazing australian history – The 1850’s Victorian gold rush is one of the major events that we all remember from our primary school history days.…
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gold and old towns around daylesford
– old towns, old cemeteries, old mines and ghosts – We had decided to explore a little of Victoria’s gold mining heritage a part of our two week road trip…
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