One of One of Istanbul's claim to fame is that it straddles the divide between both Asia and Europe. That being the case we landed in Asia but within the hour we were walking into our hotel on the European side. Spent the afternoon just strolling around the city, getting the lay of the land. Istanbul is a lively place. Chaotic traffic, narrow cobble stone streets that run in all directions, shops and street side stalls and plenty of people. There are als...

Our flight from Trabzon to Antalya was another good Pegasus Airlines experience. The first thing that hit us as we left the airport was the heat, around mid 30's. The next thing was that we weren't swarmed by taxi drivers. It was all very orderly and the meters actually worked. Our hotel was in Old Town, which can be better described as a rabbit warren. Extremely narrow, cobble stone streets where in some places cars need to do a 2 stage manouver to get ar...

We were picked up around 9.30 for our mystery tour. We quickly realised that we had booked a bus ride. There was no guide and no English to be heard. Heading out of Trabzon we were soon in the mountains, with some drizzle and mountain mist about. The first stop was a valley which on a clear day I'm sure would have been a stunning sight. Today however the mist was swirling through which gave it somewhat of an erie feel. With our next destination unknown we s...

The taxi ride from our hotel to the Turkish border was an uneventful 20 minutes. However for me that was about to change. After a tasty breakfast we walked into the Georgian immigration area. The queue I had joined was being held up by an argumentative local so I went and stood behind John. He was processed fairly quickly and I was expecting the same. I'm not sure what happened but the immigration officer took an an exceptionally high level of interest in m...