TURKEY TRIP (26 MAY - 11 JUN 2010)
Wondering where to go for your next holidays? Choose Turkey. I was there from 26 May to 11 Jun 2010. Let me give you a glimpse of what to expect from this beautiful country.

ISTANBUL is the only city in the world located on two continents, Europe and Asia. In its thousands years of history, it has been the capital of three great empires – Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman.
** Must Go
- Blue Mosque (Picture top) built between 1606 and 1616
- Topkapi Palace where Ottoman sultans live in 1453
- Aya Sofya, world most glorious buildings completed in AD 537
- Dolmabahce Palace built between 1843 and 1856, home to six sultans and presidential house of founding leader, Ataturk. - Grand Bazaar has more than 4,000 shops
- Fish Market, Spice BazaarBosphorus Cruise where shores are sprinkled with monuments

PERGAMUM has well-preserved ruins of Acropolis or highest city with its marble-columned Temple.



EPHESUS is the best preserved classical city in the eastern Mediterranean including Great Theatre and the Library of Celsus.


SIRINCE, 1-hour ride from Ephesus, is a lovely Greek village with traditional two-storey houses and historical beauty with grapevine, olive grove and peach orchards.


PAMUKKALE is renowned for its gleaming white ledges (travertines) with pools that flow down over the plateau edge (top). There is also an antique pool (right) where the water has healing properties for the heart and lung.


As I climb the hill above Pamukkale village, I entered the ruins of Hierapolis including a huge theatre.

Cappadocia, the central mountainous area is a land of fairy chimneys and underground cities. The fairy chimneys have the formation of mushroom, pyramid and camel. The movie, Star Wars did some filming at this magical place.

= MUST NOT miss while you are in Turkey

Enjoy this breakfast menu item, Menemen.
It has eggs and tomatoes with green pepper.
At Cappadocia, stays in a CAVE HOUSE.
You will get a good night rest as it is cooling.