Lets face it: Turkey is just too much. Too much tasty food. Too much baklava. And we took way too many photos. Or maybe that’s because we had a new camera to try out? Well, no better place to get going with a camera than in Istanbul – scroll down to check out the pictures. Turkey was an especially exciting country on our list, as we’d had a preview of it over the past months of traveling. Turkish music is played from Urumqi to Uzbekistan. Kebab can be eaten from Shanghai to Sankt Petersburg. Good to finally see where it all came from. This was our first visit, definitely not the last.

distance traveled 2857 km
elapsed time 16 days
average speed 7 km/h

streets of istanbul

istanbul by night

josé gonzález playing in istanbul

yellow fist graffiti by Kripoe

markets & food... ahh, the food...

istanbul architecture

princes' islands, adalar

istanbul waters

göreme / cappadocia

kayseri

24h train from kayseri to tatvan

xmas in turkey

ferry from tatvan to van

from van to the border of iran