The Turkish riviera is often called the Turquoise Coast. After a week exploring it on Busabout’s Sail Turkey trip, it’s easy to see why. These are the highlights of a week afloat. Fethiye harbour, shortly before departure. 1. Butterfly Valley The butterflies may be seasonal, but the steep cliffs blocking this bay off from overland […]
Read more "Sail Turkey: Highlights"Our three days in Santorini didn’t start so well. First, I discovered I’d booked the ferry for the wrong month. Had to happen eventually. Luckily there were still tickets for the correct one. Then, after we arrived, on the bus trip from the port to the main town of Fira, we hit a motorcyclist. Or […]
Read more "Santorini (in Photos)"Even just the word ‘Gallipoli’ is loaded for antipodeans. We all learned about it in history class, but few have been fortunate enough to visit the site where so many Kiwis and Australians lost their lives in the first world war. Gallipoli is around a 5 hour drive from Istanbul, so it’s ambitious to do […]
Read more "Gallipoli (in Photos)"Driving around the south of France has always been a dream for me. And I only ended up on the wrong side of the road three times! View Larger Map If a picture is worth a thousand words, by my calculations, this post is about 18,000 words long… for the first time, I’m letting the […]
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