In August 2023 we continued our world trip after a few months’ stay in the Netherlands and Belgium. These are our travel plans for 2023/24. This season we travel from Armenia to the Middle East. We travel back to Georgia and cross the border into Turkey. In Turkey we drive to Mersin where we put … Read more
When traveling overland, every now and then there comes a day to travel a bit over the water. This time we ship our Milady Landy single-handedly from Mersin, Turkey to Haifa, Israel, the gateway to the Arabian Peninsula, a special part of the Middle East. We fly from Adana to Istanbul and then to Tel … Read more
We are making this last trip through this beautiful country with great pleasure. We previously crossed Turkey from February to April, from north to south and from east to west. Now we have to travel across the country to go to the dentist in Alanya (GJ) and then to Mersin, to take the boat to … Read more
Finally we succeeded in doing a balloon flight in Cappadocia. Earlier, at the beginning of April we were here in Göreme, but there was too much wind to do a hot air balloon ride. This time, in August 2023, we had the chance to make our long-awaited flight. The weather was perfect and we had … Read more
From Eastern Anatolia we go further east into Turkey, we get a view of a vast landscape with high mountains and vast steppes and meet the Kurdish people who live a pure life. In this blog we give an impression of our journey from the historical Nerut Daği mountain to the border with Georgia. The … Read more
When we travel east from Cappadocia, we notice that we end up in a less touristy area. The roads are narrower and sometimes of lesser quality, people are more curious about us as travelers and the landscapes are wider. We also pass through the area where a major earthquake occurred in February 2023. The devastation … Read more
One of the highlights of our overland trip through Turkey is the special landscape of Cappadocia. We go here because, after our visit to Pamukkale, we would like to make a balloon flight ourselves. We arrive with snow and strong winds and visit almost all tourist destinations in Cappadocia. Lots of natural sandstone sculptures and … Read more
After Konya and surroundings we travel further through Turkey via Sultanhani, Tuz Gölü, Karapinar and Hasan Daği to Cappadocia. We are here on a plateau with an average height of about 1,000 meters. The plain is immense and is widely used for agriculture. For us this is a transit area, towards the east of Turkey, … Read more
Turkey is huge and rich in history and nature. We travel further from Antalya via Alanya along the south coast to Konya inland. Also between Antalya and Alanya are numerous historical places, expanded with Greek/Roman/Byzantine origin. The drive to Konya takes us to a high altitude, we are above 1,000 meters. Nature is different, more … Read more
When we continue driving through Turkey after the repair in Alanya, the “Death Wobble”, the shaking and vibrating of the steering wheel, has not yet been solved. Again I therefore consult the Land Rover Prikkers on Facebook and with their advice I visit a number of companies in Konya, where we are now. Thanks to … Read more
