I believed not many of you are familiar about this place called Demre. Unless you visited this town, for sure you  have an idea about it. Demre was  named after the river Demre. It is a Lycian town of Myra, the home of Saint Nicholas of Myra, the historical man later developed into the figure […]

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Myra is one of the places we visited in Turkey in my recent travel. It was a 15-day trip comprising of a one week round trip in Turkey and one week cruise in Greece. That was a very interesting holiday visiting beautiful and historic places in both countries. Myra is an ancient town in Lycia […]

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I am trying to reminisce past travels again. It always happen especially if I browse photo albums from those trips. Last night, I was browsing some snapshots I took from Ayvalik. As you can see in my snapshot here, it is a seaside town. It is located on the southern coast of the Gulf of […]

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I believed travelling this time to Istanbul is not advisable. Due to the current situation in this city, visiting it is not recommended. I have been  watching some travel news over the television regarding the  protests happening in some cities of Turkey including Istanbul. In short, due to the massive anti-government protests taking place in […]

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This is a continuation of my previous post   about   Bursa. Like what I said we had some hours sightseeing here  and visited some of  its sights. We visited its famous mosque, the Ulu  Cami or the Grand Mosque, the Green Tomb or Yesil cami, the Silk Bazaar and  had  a walk  around the town. Bursa […]

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Have you been to Bursa? If you did, you probably visited one of its famous sights, the Green Tomb,  called as  the Yesil Turbe  (written as Yeşil Türbe in Turkish). This is a very interesting mausoleum. I was only wondering  why it is called Green Tomb when all you can see is blue from outside […]

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I believed most of you are very familiar about the Book of Ephesus in the Bible? This book of the Bible is in relation to the place called Ephesus in Turkey. This city was an ancient Greek city. I suggest you browse online about this place. I can only say, I had a fantastic trip […]

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