We arrived in Denizli after a 10-hour overnight bus ride on Kamil Koc at 5:55am, just as the call for Fajr prayer was heard at the masjid nearby. We were so tired as we had had a long day before that in Göreme and barely slept in the bus, so we were glad to find that the hotel that we booked via Airbnb (Yilidrim Hotel) is just in front of the bus station! We got ourselves checked in, had a nice long shower and rested for a bit before we went down for breakfa...

Hot Air Balloon Ride and The Green Tour of Cappadocia! We got up and got ready in the wee hours of the morning, and a van picked us up to Ürgüp for our hot air balloon ride. One bucket list: CHECKED! The view from above was breathtaking. They even celebrate us after the journey with (non-alcoholic) sparkling fruit juice & a certificate! Next - Derinkuyu Underground City: Cappadocia's biggest underground with approximately 7 floors and 85m deep. It was opene...

We woke up at 4:30am, and Nadir and Belma were already up too to call us a cab and see us off. We left their home by around 5:15am and headed to Sabiha Göcken airport by cab (TL15). We boarded the 7am Anadolu Jet flight and arrived an hour later at Kayseri Airport. I had arranged for an airport pickup and saw a man with a list of names including mine and we got on the van to head to Göreme to our respective hotels. The journey took about an hour and when we ...

I arrived at KL International Airport early and after checking in our luggages, we had out breakfast at the Plaza Premium Lounge while waiting for our flight. We boarded Qatar Airways and took off by 10am, beginning our journey to Turkey! We arrived at at the Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar 7.5 hours later (11.30am local time) and I did my solah in the prayer room while waiting for our connecting flight from DOH-SAW. Then we resumed another 4.5 ho...

We packed our tents for the final time this morning and had a simple nasi goreng breakfast. Our journey from Paris to Calais, France took about 4 hours. We got to the UK Border Agency about 20 minutes to 2pm, and made it just in the nick of time to board our 2.10pm ferry to England. Thankfully even the ferry is delayed by about 15 minutes so we managed to get in, the whole coach and all. We took the SeaFrance ferry and the journey back to Dover, Great Britain t...