Istanbul is one of my absolutely favourite cities in the world! A city which straddles Europe and Asia. A city where those two different continents merge and meld to form a wonderful mix of cultures. A city of fantastic history – first as Byzantium, then as the capital of the eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople, and
Arriving in Istanbul represented the end of my Silk Road adventure and it was an incredibly emotional experience for so many reasons. I first travelled to Istanbul ten years beforehand when it was my first time in the Middle East. That was an overwhelming visit where I was mesmerised by the incredible history and architecture of
Without warning cold water was being sluiced all over me, drenching me head to toe. Not long after strong hands were roughly scrubbing months of grime from my back. Those hands belonged to a half naked local woman with enormous, pendulous breasts. Throughout this experience no English was spoken. But hang on, you’re probably wondering what
A journey through Eastern Turkey is to travel in a remote part of an incredible country. Where vast landscapes combine with impressive historical sights to make for a wonderful trip to a little visited part of Turkey. Dogubayzit In the far east of Turkey, under the shadow of the enormous and legendary Mt Ararat, lies
My epic overland adventure was about to continue. I’d already travelled from Shanghai across the vastness of China, into the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, onto the dazzling blue tiled Silk Road cities of Uzbekistan, through the strange and bizarre country that is Turkmenistan and I was now in the final stages of my travels in Iran that would see