All About Beautiful Antalya – Turkey When I was researching for my 3-month travels around Turkey, Antalya quickly became one of the places I was most excited to visit. It’s a large city on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean Coast, with stunning coastal scenery of vertical cliffs, long beaches, voluminous waterfalls, a cute historic boat harbor and […]
What It’s Like doing International Travel during Covid-19 Pandemic
What It’s Like doing International Travel during Covid-19 Pandemic I arrived in Istanbul, Turkey on February 6th on a flight from neighboring Cyprus Republic (a small Mediterranean island nation). I had a 90-day tourist e-visa, which meant I could stay in Turkey until May 5th. It was right about that time in early February that […]
My First Hot Air Balloon Ride!
My First Hot Air Balloon Ride! OMG! I finally got to take a hot air balloon ride! Hot air ballooning has been one of my longest-standing, most passionately desired dreams. Finally last week, in mid-March, 2020, I got to glide in a hot air balloon high above the beautiful rocky canyons of Cappadocia in central […]
12 Fantastic Things to Do in Istanbul for under $5 US
12 Fantastic Things to Do in Istanbul for under $5 US Istanbul is an absolutely massive city with an incredibly extensive & regal history. The city is full of world-class museums, historic Sultan’s palaces, some of the world’s most famous mosques, intriguing ancient markets, interesting & quirky neighborhoods, castles, a plethora of architecture from various […]
10 Free Things to do in Istanbul – Turkey
10 Free Things to do in Istanbul – Turkey Istanbul is a massive city. A city with an extremely extensive and important history. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of interesting sites for visitors to see and explore: dozens of museums, hundreds of mosques, several historic royal palaces, large plazas, massive covered markets, quirky neighborhoods, […]
My First Impressions of Istanbul – Turkey
My First Impressions of Istanbul – Turkey Wow! What a fantastic city! Istanbul is massive, studded with impressive historic mosques, hefty stone castles, elaborate Turkish palaces, European-era shopping streets, historic Turkish bathhouses still in use, ancient towers, underground cisterns, churches & cathedrals, world-class museums, Byzantine wall ruins and many other historic structures. The sprawling mega-city […]
Cost of Budget Travel in Cyprus in 2020
Cost of Budget Travel in Cyprus in 2020 All said and done, my visit to Cyprus cost me considerably more than I’d expected and certainly much more than countries in Eastern Europe that I visited just prior to Cyprus. Countries including Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and most Balkan countries were much cheaper for me to explore […]
17 Best places to Visit in Cyprus
17 Best places to Visit in Cyprus I’ve just spent nearly six weeks exploring the small Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus. Despite having to put up with really crappy weather almost the entire time (I estimate literally 95% days with bad weather / only 5% days of good weather) I did still manage to explore […]
My First Impressions of Cyprus
My First Impressions of Cyprus As I explained in last week’s article 18 Surprising Facts about Cyprus, Cyprus is a small independent Mediterranean island nation situated in the far eastern Mediterranean Sea. It’s located just south of Turkey and west of Syria & Lebanon. I landed here on Dec. 30th, 2019 after skiing in Bulgaria, […]
18 Surprising Facts about Cyprus
18 Surprising Facts about Cyprus The Republic of Cyprus is a small independent Mediterranean island nation situated in the far eastern Mediterranean Sea. It lies just off the southern coast of Turkey and the western coasts of Syria & Lebanon. I arrived in Cyprus at the tail-end of 2019 and will be exploring this hilly […]