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Chez Galip – Pottery in Avanos | Turkey Real Travel Experience

Avanos, a small town in the historical region of Cappadocia in Turkey, is known since forever ago for its earthenware pottery. The most economical activity in the town, the pottery factories date right back to the time of the Hittites and the ceramic clay from the red silt of the...

Discover Magical Cappadocia | Turkey Destination Highlight

There is nothing quite like waking up in the morning in Cappadocia and opening your windows of your cave hotel and seeing the early morning sky full of hot air balloons. It sounds made up right? No, it happens…every morning in the Goreme valley. Walking through Urgup is...

50 reasons to travel with Follow Your Heart |Real Travel Experience

When I saw this gorgeous graphic art by Muti Studios in the January edition of West Jet’s Airline Magazine, I was SO inspired! Then I thought, how on earth can I come up with FIFTY reasons why people should travel with us!? You know what…I got to 50 in NO time! I was...

Wander through Ephesus || Turkey Destination Highlight

I remember walking down the main road of Ephesus on the way to the Library of Celsus. It was absolutely surreal. I literally stopped in my tracks and imagined…..imagined what it would have been like to walk this road every day. It was an experience I will never forget....

Cappadocia Cave Resorts (CCR) || Turkey Destination Highlight

When I was in Turkey shooting for Lonely Planet Philippines magazine, our schedule was jam packed full of wonderfulness! 🙂 One of the areas we toured in was Cappadocia, in the heart of the country. Here lies the magical fair chimney homes and it feels like you are in a completely...

Galata Tower in Istanbul| Real Travel Experiences

This 9 storey tower was Istanbul’s tallest building at the time it was built in 1348. It stands today just as tall and is the best place to see an amazzzzzing panoramic view of the Golden Horn and Bosporus as well as the Old City where the Topkapi palace and the Blue Mosque...

Aya Sofya | Turkey Destination Highlight

Aya Sofya or Hagia Sofia is a great architectural beauty and an important monument both for Byzantine and for Ottoman Empires. Once a church, later a mosque, and now a museum at the Turkish Republic, Hagia Sofia has always been the precious of its time. (Taken from the Haggia...

The Old Village Travel Experience

Turkey. A country of such rich history and culture. A country I absolutely adore and love visiting. We have seen a lot of this beautiful country in the headlines the last year. And it breaks my heart. Not only because of the horrific things have have happened to innocent people....

A look back at 2016 – Part 7 – the Finale! | Travel Experiences

I was fortunate enough, once again to visit dear friends in Turkey and take some wonderful guests – a family of 4 from Australia – around Morocco at the end of 2016…what a perfect way to cap the year off! Here’s the 14 days in Morocco with them i...

A look back at 2016 – Part 6 | Travel Experiences

New Country #6: Greece It is the shortest amount of time I have actually been in and experienced a country – 24 hours. It was supposed to be longer, but due to the fact that websites were not updated or something, and there were only a select amount of ferries going over to...
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