Turkey is a huge, diverse country, stretching from Europe and the Meditteranean, and far across Anatolia towards the Black Sea, the Caucasus and Persia. It’s an ancient land, a country that saw the rise of the first Hellenistic civilizations thousands of years...
I went in search of the town of Batman during my travels in Turkey, because you know, the name. “Don’t go to Batman!” My guest house owner in Cappadocia was telling me. “There’s a war going on!” This was the same advice I heard...
In search of giant heads. My Mount Nemrut travel expedition. I had travelled deep into central Turkey in search of the fabled, legendary giant heads of Nemrut Dagi- Mount Nemrut. Mount Nemrut is far from anything. I had travelled to the small, provincial town of...
I travelled to the ancient town of Hasankeyf in southern Turkey, an ancient Mesopotamian settlement in the cradle of civilization that may soon be completely flooded. “Hasankeyf is old”, Arjan tells me over a cup of steaming hot Chai on the banks of the...
I’m Richard, The Travel Tramp, and I want to inspire you to travel off the beaten track!
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