Antakya Travel Blogs

People i met here who contributed to, and improved my trip: Julia (Russia) I felt pretty exhausted when i stepped from the overnight bus from Goreme, but there was a long day ahead, so i did my best to wipe the wax from my eyes and muster some energy. A kind old man agreed to store our bags in on…

I started a 6 months journey in march 2003, although it was never really the intention... I`d just lost my job so I thought I would take a trip to Budapest to check out my future university....and then after doing that I figured that since I don`t really have anything to go back to I might as well …

Arriving in Hatay at 230 am I was nowhere to go. It was the town Otogar. After taking back my luggage, again I was approached and asked where I wanted to go. Hatay is a usual tourist stopover to cross into Syrian border. Even the Otogar has some sort of hostel rooms at the back of bus bays. Then I …

france to syria

Setting off from Hong Kong in Aug 1992, 2 days after turning 22, I traveled China, Mongolia, Russia, Scandinavia, the Baltics, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, returning to Hong Kong in July 1993. Apart from Athens/Cairo, I never set foot on an airplane during this year-long walkabout. Before the days of digital cameras, internet, and mobile phones, this solo adventure was as much a discovery of myself as it was about these 31 countries. Many of them, like me, have long since changed.

A day-out in Aleppo

I came to Turkey for Love and fell in love with Turkey! Its a fascinating country that can not be summed up in a few sentences or many paragraphs!