Delhi is overwhelming at first particularly if you arrive in the early hours of the morning and your hotel, booked on the Internet, bears no resemblance to the pictures. Welcome to India!Our flight was delayed and then luggage retrieval took more than an hour. After that a 45 minute journey to our hotel meant it was 4.00am before we found our bed in a very "downmarket" hotel and area in the Paharganj district. After a few hours sleep (our hotel was very noisy) we...

 We spent a week in London getting our Indian visas sorted, studying up on India and catching up with our friends Graham and Rachel and meeting Dave from Melbourne who was also staying at Graham and Rachel's. We spent time with our son, Daniel and heard about his travels in Mexico.  On a Sunday we headed off by train for a day visit to Bath and Stonehenge. In Bath we met up with daughter, Ebony and her friend Mike who are staying at Exmouth (near Exeter)....

A gruelling 12 hour bus trip overnight is the cheapest way to get to Cappadocia but it was worth it! We had an hour to freshen up from the bus trip before commencing a full day tour. When the travel agent had booked us for 2 full day tours in Cappadocia we wondered why but as the scenery and things to see unfolded, 2 days was not even enough! The landscape is Turkey's most amazing sight. Over the centuries a thick layer of volcanic tufa has been eroded into ...

Another series of local buses took us to Kusadasi, a resort town reasonably close to the ancient site of Ephesus which was on our "want to do" list for Turkey. The Temple of Artemis is one of The Original Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World. It took us all day long to get there only arriving in Kusadasi at nightfall. The next day we were picked up for a full day guided tour of Ephesus. The city, founded around 3,000 BC originally was a centre of worship for the An...

Back in Istanbul just for a day we made the most of it by going on a cruise up the Bosphorus waterway to see Istanbul from the water. we then visited the famous Blue Mosque and the bazaars before getting ready to take a night bus to Cappadocia. Love the vibe of Istanbul.Footnote: The Historic Areas of Istanbul are UNESCO World Heritage listed.