Introduction to Tokat – Turkey Tokat is a lesser-known city located in north central Turkey. It’s situated in the mountains about two hours’s drive inland from Turkey’s northern Black Sea coast. Tokat is the capital of Tokat Province, which is primarily mountainous and rural. While Tokat is little-known nowadays, even by many Turks, it was …
Guide to Hiking in Cappadocia’s Stunning Canyons Introduction to Cappadocia Cappadocia is a stunning and unique region of rock: canyons, colorful cliff walls, huge rock mesas, crazy rock pillars, historic cave homes & cave churches, river-carved rock tunnels. Cappadocia is situated on Turkey’s vast Anatolian Plateau in central Turkey. The region is set mainly at …
Introduction to Konya – Turkey Konya is a large city in south central Turkey, situated on the Anatolian Plateau and a few hours inland from the southern Mediterranean coast. It’s Turkey’s 7th largest city, with a population of over 2 million, and is capital of Konya Province. Konya has an extremely long history dating all …
Amazing Pamukkale One of Turkey’s Most Famous Sites Pamukkale is a rather grubby hillside village located about 17 km / 10 miles north of Denizli, a large inland city in southwestern Turkey. Pamukkale’s small uninspired country houses are ill-kept, cluttered and are set in small messy plots. Most residents keep a collection of farm animals: …
Introduction to Alanya – Turkey Alanya is a small coastal resort city on Turkey’s gorgeous Mediterranean coast. The 20-km-long city has a stunning location, wedged tightly between low coastal mountains and a brilliantly-turquoise-colored sea that’s lined by beige-sand beaches. Alanya is located about 2 hours / km drive east of Antalya city. Alanya’s three most …
12 Things I Most Love about Turkey I first landed in Istanbul, Turkey in early February, 2020, more than 20 years into my ongoing full-time world travels. Within just a few days, Istanbul had already become one of my favorite cities in the world. After one month of exploring fascinating Istanbul, I set out to …
My 10 Best Travel Tips Articles of 2020 on LashWorldTour At the beginning of every year I present a couple articles rounding-up my best posts from the previous year. Last week I gave a list of what I consider to be my best over all travel articles of 2020. This week I recommend my best …
My 12 Best Articles of 2020 on LashWorldTour Every year in January I write a quick article with a list of what I consider to be my best travel articles of the previous year. They include posts about my stand-out travel experiences, introductions to various destinations I visit, intriguing & little-known information about distant countries, …
LashWorldTour 2021 World Travel Plans As many of you may know, I’ve been traveling the world full time since 1998. My goal is to visit every country on the globe. I explore each place I visit slowly and in-depth. I’m not just ticking off a list of countries. I really want to experience each country …
My 2020 Covid-19 Year in Review 2020 was set to be an epic year for me. Epic for travel, for work and income, for great family gatherings… My 2020 World Travel Plan In terms of travel, I was planning to visit 10-11 countries, most of them new to me. I started the year in Cyprus, …
Hi! I'm Lash, an American nomadic world traveler who's been traveling solo since 1998. I’m passionate about traveling the world nomadically and then sharing it all with you. I hope to inspire you to travel the world, to entertain you with tales from the road, and to help you reach your travel dreams. Welcome! 
