After staying overnight at Sheraton Ankara, I decided to end my Turkey trip by visiting the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations (Hittite Museum), established in 1921 and after a renovation, it was opened to the public as Ankara archeological museum in 1968. As the name suggested, it hosts the archeological artifacts for the Anatolian Civilisations. In [...]

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Today I’m in Ankara and is my final day in Turkey. There are 2 points of interest I’d like to visit before I leave – The Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (Modern Turkey Great Leader) and Hittite Museum (Museum of Anatolian Civilisations). Mustafa Kemal Ataturk led the war in Gallipoli against the ANZACs. He was [...]

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I get a people asking me if they only had a short trip to Turkey, which region other than Istanbul they should visit?. Cappadocia region has to be the one. In Cappadocia, there are plenty of interesting places to visit – Goreme and the underground city of Kaymakli. Goreme Goreme is a unique region of [...]

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I really enjoyed learning about western Turkey and one of the places that is intriguing is the old capital of the Anatolian Seljuk Empire of Konya which at present time is Turkey’s most religious city and home to the mystic Whirling Dervish sect. My day started with a visit to Mevlana Tekke, a museum and [...]

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Today, I was driven inland to Pamukkale to see its ‘Cotton Castle’ which is a dazzling chalk-white array of fantastically shaped limestone terraces.  The white limestone terraces are a result of carbonate minerals left by flowing water. It felt surreal to walk on it, surrounded by white – it seemed like I was on another [...]

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It’s about time – Australian First Female Prime Minister. Although the Prime Minister appointment happened by default (as opposed to her pre-decessor Kevin Rudd who’s voted by the Australian Public), I’d still like to congratulate Julia Gillard for being the first Australian Prime Minister.

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Finally GUYS!! A relaxation day !!! Initially, it was my intention to visit Turkey by sailing through the Mediterranean Sea. However, after much more research my places of interest required road travel. During my travel around Turkey, I’ve stayed in guest houses with the occasional 5 star hotels While visiting Kusadasi, I decided to stay [...]

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Archeological Museum at Selcuk Prior to visiting the archeological site of Ephesus, I divert myself to Selcuk for a quick browse at its archeological museum in which many excavated artifacts of Ephesus are on displayed, including the artifacts from the fountain of folio. I spent a good 45 minutes which was quite sufficient. It was [...]

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While in Selcuk for my visit to the archeological museum, another place of interest nearby was the house of Virgin Mary. As the name suggests, this was believed to be the last house that the Virgin Mary stayed in before her last days. Both Christians and Muslims make the pilgrimage to this place. The house [...]

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Homer’s legendary city of Troy Today, we drove to Homer’s legendary cityof Troy where archeological excavation has established nine levels of habitation. The city is well known for its Trojan war in Greek Mythology. These days, city of Troy is known as an archeological site protected and maintained under UNESCO (World Heritage). I was fascinated by [...]

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