Unexpectedly lively mosque
Our Turkey tour came to Bursa. Here we visited Ulu Mosque (Grand Mosque) with my scarf on. It is a large mosque with a faountain in the centre. In any mosques, men and women…
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The tomb of the king with donkey ears
This photo is the tomb of King Midas, who is famous with his donkey ears. I was very surprised to hear that King Midas really existed. I had thought that this story of…
The old town is interesting
After having an excellent lunch in Ankara, we went to the area of the citadel by taxi. In Turkey taxi is not expensive and easy to use. The place we stepped out was…
The restaurant chosen as the best
In Ankara, our tour did not have any particular places to visit and we had the free time. So, we started searching for a good restaurant, because by then we were tired of…
Lake Tuz, without stopping
Our Grand west Turkey tour went to from Cappadocia to Ankara. On the way, we saw a huge salt lake. It was Lake Tuz, the second largest lake in Turkey. It looked very interesting,…
The whirling dervish
In Cappadocia in Turkey, we went to see the ceremony of the whirling dervish. They were showing it to tourists in an ex-caravanserai. Though it was for tourists, it was very serious and…
Buy some pottery
The tour of Cappadocia, Turkey took us to a pottery shop in Avanos. There is a river called Red River in Avanos, and they use the soil from the river to make the pottery….
The cooperative of house wives
Our group tour popped into a small restaurant run by house wives in Cappadocia, Turkey. According to our guide, the house wives who wanted to start some business got together and went to…
Balloon flight
To join the balloon flight in Cappadocia in Turkey, you have to get up around 4 am. But it is worth it. It is very interesting to see the balloons getting swollen and…
