Goodbye Turkey...Hello New York!

Our time in Turkey has come to an end! It has been an amazing three weeks.  We’ve got a few photos below which highlight some of our favourite times in the country:

Hot Air Ballooning

Jess went hot air ballooning in Cappadoccia. Capadoccia is an amazing region - at times you feel like you are in a landscape that is halfway between the moon and a Disney theme park. In Capadoccia, early Christians hid in the area when they were being persecuted, so they built cities and houses into these huge towers of rock. It makes for some amazing views from the balloon!

Good Friends

These guys. If the last three weeks have taught us anything, it is that good friends make travel even more awesome.  Having friends that you are comfortable with and love to spend time with makes such a difference.  If anyone needs to recruit some travel buddies then we'd thoroughly recommend travelling with these two! Kirsten is excellent at organising travel plans and general life and Cam is both tall and has a longer than average arm span, which makes him especially effective at reaching things from high places, a natural future career path. Oh, and he is also awesome and will go running and rock climbing with you.

Fooooooood

This yummy specimen... and on this occasion I’m not talking about Jess.  Look at this - 4 scoops of ice cream and half a melon. So much goodness!

 Volcan

This is our new Turkish friend Volcan. That’s Turkish for volcano. Did you get that? His parents named him volcano. Sounds like a good name for our first child. Well, that or something equally intimidating like Panther. We’ve got some time to think on it!

Sailing

Sailing off the coast of Turkey. We went on an amazing 3 night cruise from Fethiye in Turkey.  Beautiful  water, sensational local food and exploring little islands. Additionally, how good does Jess’ diving form look!

Ruins

                                                              

The ruins in Turkey are amazing. There are literally thousands of years of history in Turkey. The photo is from an amphitheatre in Ephesus.

Gonça

Our tour leader Gonça. We  had an really fun tour group filled with a great bunch of Aussies and Kiwis when we were in Turkey. Gonça led our group with much enthusiasm and questionable English.  Most of her  faux pas were not really printable,  but here is a wee insight:

Chris: Gonça, I’m finding it hard to say thank you in Turkish, is there an easy word for thanks?

Gonça: Saol.

Chris: Excellent. And if we said that to an older person would they be offended?

Gonça: (With a big smile) Of course.

Chris: Okay. I’m not totally sure you understood me, but thank you.

So many fond memories of Turkey, but now we are in New York. We've just visited the local diner for breakfast and will have many more fond adventures ahead, stay tuned!