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Photo Essay: Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey

May 16, 2012

We spent a month travelling through Turkey last summer and our week spent in Cappadocia still tops the list. Cappadocia is located in the Central Anatolia region and is famous for its unique landscape of caves and rock formations, called fairy chimneys. The landscape of the Cappadocia plateau has been sculpted naturally by erosion. The ancient volcanoes of Mount Erciyes, Mount Hasan and Mount Melendiz expelled many layers of thick volcanic tuff over the area thousands of years ago. Over time this volcanic tuff [...]

Best (and worst) of 2011

December 23, 2011

Christmas is almost here and we are rugging up and getting cozy for a cold one in London.We had our fingers crossed for a white Christmas even though we knew it was slim chance so here is hoping that we will have some snow filled travels in the new year. With out without snow, this Christmas will be a lot colder than what we are used to in Australia. It will be a different experience to have a cold Christmas, [...]

The last days of summer are upon us

August 15, 2011

We are nearing the end of the warm weather in Europe and after a summer in Australia followed by a summer here and I slightly (okay, more than slightly) freaking out about the winter that we will be facing over the coming months. We have spent time at some amazing beaches over the last few months in Croatia, Turkey, Greece, Italy and France. I love hitting the water, and I mean literally, if I can jump into the ocean from a [...]