The Random Rambler

Lulu Island, Damnoen Saduak Floating Market and Obelisk Tomb and Bab as-Siq Triclinium

// June 25th, 2009 // Comments // Travel

New on the photoblog:

Lulu Island in Abu Dhabi

Obelisk Tomb and Bab as-Siq Triclinium in Petra

Damnoen Saduak Floating Market in Thailand

Photoblog section live!

// June 18th, 2009 // Comments // Travel

Been a long time coming… but finally managed to get the photoblog section up and running!

Have a look here: http://www.randomrambler.com/photoblog

It’s fresh out of the oven, so if you do spot any issues (or have any suggestions) post a comment and I’ll look into it!

Ihlara Valley, Uchisar Castle and Derinkuyu Underground City

// June 13th, 2009 // Comments // Travel

Our last day in Cappadocia was ambitious, to say the least. The plan was to visit the Ihlara Valley, Uchisar and the Derinkuyu underground city (a good 350 km round trip) through the day and make it back in time for our flight back to Istanbul, departing from Kayseri, at 7:00pm… who doesn’t like challenge huh? Wolfing down our breakfast, we picked up a brilliant road map from (more…)

Goreme Valley, Cappadocia

// May 2nd, 2009 // Comments // Travel

Göreme Valley is home to some of Cappadocia’s biggest draws from cave hotels and fairy chimneys to ufo sightings and the open air museum. The valley also serves as an ideal base camp if you plan on visiting neighbouring areas. (more…)

Cappadocia, Turkey

// April 24th, 2009 // Comments // Travel

I’ll admit it, I have a love affair with Turkey. There were three short moments, one summer and two winters, each more exotic than the next… but in the end we both knew we had to go our separate ways. Maybe it was the history, maybe it was the culture or maybe it’s because Turkey was my very first… whatever the reason though I have a feeling we haven’t seen the last of each other. (more…)