Pamukkale unedited
Visiting Pamukkale made me really, really happy. It is such a beautiful, natural sight and I'd never seen anything like it. The white cliffs trickling with warm water from the hot springs below the...
View ArticleNaked, raw, confused: My visit to a Turkish Hamam
My fingers are pruned after throwing buckets and buckets of water over myself. I am naked except for a small wet towel clinging to my waist and lying alone on a large stone slab staring at the small...
View ArticleThe pros and cons of spontaneous travel by a former control freak
It's been three months and the verdict on spontaneous travel is in: I LOVE IT. It hasn't always been easy, but the experience has changed how I'll travel in the future.
View ArticleIn pictures: Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar
The colourful Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is billed as one of the craziest marketplaces in the world. Visiting it is certainly is an experience. Be prepared to spend, or have some good excuses.
View ArticleI don’t remember your name
I was about to board a bus to Urfa in Turkey when he came up to me. An hour later he helped me explain to Turkish guards why I didn't have my passport. Then he spent the day showing me around his home...
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In Pictures: Looking Back on Vietnam
A couple of weeks ago, I met a friend for coffee and he handed me a copy of Graham Greene’s A Quiet American. “I thought you might like it to read it,” he said. At the time, I knew nothing about the...
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And then she said ‘beautiful’
The streets called to us at breakfast. Despite the early hour the sticky heat smacked my skin as we left our hotel. Sukhumvit was bustling – cars, buses, motorbikes and tuk tuks competed on the main...
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