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I have known Cesar for MANY years…we have attended the same church for many years. He and his sweet wife, Girlie, have talked about joining me on one of our Turkey Travel Experiences before but it didn’t work out. This June they came along and was it a super fun time...

My first trip to Turkey was in 2011 when I was commissioned by Lonely Planet Philippines Magazine to shoot their cover and feature story on “The Perfect Trip – Turkey”. I was excited to go and that trip, albeit a whirlwind 8 days, opened my heart to this...

Preeti was invited to our Follow Your Heart Travel Experience to Turkey by our mutual friend Sherin. She also came the farthest – Australia! 🙂 Her quiet demeanour, gentle smile and relaxed yet fun personality made her an absolute treat to have on our trip! “Got back...

Now let’s just make this clear: I am NO chef. Not even in the SLIGHTEST. But because my husband is, I DO know a thing or two about spices 🙂 And Moroccan ones were awesome! We went to a place called 100,000 spices and were able to select spices and know what dishes to use...

  Doors.  Since I started my travel photography in 2008, doors have been something that are a personal project to photograph. Some like windows, some like pilars, some like doors. I’m a doors girl. 😉 WHEREVER I go, I look for doors to add to my “collection”. (Yes a coffee...

Italy. Such a gorgeous place to discover. Especially fun to see others who have never been take it all in! Teresa was no exception. How we “happened” upon each other is one thing, but her beautiful personality, sweet presence and thoughtfulness was absolutely wonderful on our...

I had first met Shyamala via email, her inquiring about an upcoming Turkey Travel Experience I had planned. We then met at a Starbucks with a number of others interested, but it was evident she was the spear head of this meeting. Being a firstborn myself, I already liked her. 🙂...

I’m so excited to start my new weekly blog series, LITTLE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT. On all of my travels both locally and internationally, I always find things about the places that I just LOVE! I wanted to start sharing some of these with you – so you could try them for...

It’s iconic. We also see the canals FULL of tourists in their gondolas. Don’t get me wrong, it’s beautiful. But….I tend to go with the less “typical” ways to experience local life.   That’s why I was all about finding the traghetto station on the Grand Canal and try it out for...

You can smell it several shops away…this yumminess of scents from fruity, to musks, to florals. Kind of like when you know there is a LUSH store in the mall ahead somewhere – you can smell it in advance! La Botica de la Abuela Aladdin doesn’t have a website, but it really...