It seems that I have failed to tie up the loose end of my vacation down south.  Let me remedy that now by ending the tale.
On Tuesday, we decided to set out for Saklıkent, which means hidden city in Turkish.  I have hardly known of any particular place that was so aptly named, by the [...]

1) The Bos, otherwise known as the Bosphorus : Apparently, it is also known as the Istanbul Strait, but I have never heard that one. It could be because I live here and that’s what “outsiders” call it. It is the body of water that divides the two sides of Istanbul, between the [...]

Thanks to Ward Peeters from Belgium for making my new and improved gallery (and to Barış for outsourcing the task). We have uploaded the rest of the pictures from our recent vacation along the Turquoise Coast. Please check them out and enjoy the brand spanking new gallery. Cheers:)

Recently, when making a weekly pilgrimage to the grocery store, we found ourselves in front of a big old truck. The back was painted gaily, complete with a big boncuk (bon-jook, or what Westerners call an evil eye), which is rather typical. What was not so typical was the message that had been [...]

After eating hands-down the most inventive rendition of carbonara I have ever had anywhere in the world (the bacon was replaced with beef hot dogs bits), I decided it was time for a bit of sight-seeing.
We didn’t have a long drive ahead of us to get to Demre, which had quite a few [...]

After our fabulous lunch at the fake waterfall restaurant, we got back on the road. Driving along this road provided a lot of truly satisfying visual experiences for this girl from Ohio. While climbing up the mountain, we were treated to views of coniferous forest with amber carpets of dried shed needles. [...]

These are some still shots taken from the video. We wanted to try out the new gallery that we just had designed.  We also thought they might make neat desktop backgrounds.  Enjoy:)

Day one of our little adventure was the grand experiement. Could we really just pick a direction and drive and be rewarded/entertained by what we happened upon? You can just decide for yourself as you read on, I suppose. I am giving you, the readership, ultimate control here, so do not abuse [...]