Category Archives: Turkey

If you have been in Istanbul, chances are you have seen cats everywhere. So much is the love for these felines that murals of cats appear on walls in shopping areas...

In Turkey, "nazar" (evil eye) is a very common sight. You find them as beads, key chains, trinkets, door mats or just "nazar" hanging by a decorative thread just about anywhere.

Goreme is a Fairy Land - with its weirdly shaped rocks jutting high into the skies on a barren landscape, it is a must visit place for every traveler.

Two plates went straight to the floor at my feet. A saucer followed and then a few dozen spoons. I could have killed myself to save the embarrassment. What was it about a "musafir, Hindustani" that invited such calculated violence?

Sooner or later, everyone visits Turkey and everyone who visits Turkey then speaks of the following - trams, the bazaars, the fish sandwich by the Bosphorous and the Bosphorous Cruise.