Turkish Landscapes - Cappadocia and Pamukkale
Posted On Friday, August 23, 1996 at at 1:27 AM by AlvinPostcard-perfect scenery awaited the visitors at Cappadocia and Pamukkale. Cappadocia was justly famous for the iconic rock formation as we explored the many caves, hide-outs and natural hollows of this amazing region. Should the traffic of the truck-load of visitors not be visible, one would definitely think that they had landed on another planet as the scenery was so unreal as if strange and inexplicable geological phenomena unknown to mankind had occurred and shaped this region into its present form.
Pamukkale was undeniably the most spectacular "Rock Pool" formation in the World, just like scoops after scoops of lovely vanilla ice cream melting and cascading down and covering layers of white cones. I couldn't resist and took a dip !
Pamukkale was undeniably the most spectacular "Rock Pool" formation in the World, just like scoops after scoops of lovely vanilla ice cream melting and cascading down and covering layers of white cones. I couldn't resist and took a dip !
Where East Meet West - Istanbul (Ancient Byzantium)
Posted On Thursday, August 15, 1996 at at 1:17 AM by AlvinYes we had landed in Turkey ! Istanbul was one buzzling city where the river traffic never stopped on The Bosphorus. The country where East would meet West presented the visitor with a dazzling mix of modernity and steepness in cultural heritage - one just felt the grandeur of history making its mark at every stone and corner of this great city.
We enjoyed the exotic fusion of the Christian and Muslim worlds as we walked and visited the breath-taking monuments of Byzantium and tried to picture its heyday as the commanding centre of Western civilisation of years long gone - the new Rome established to oversee the empire and of course, we lamented over a Rake, the local fire water, its eventual and inevitable demise.
The city of Troy was a wee bit touristy but hey this was after all, where the famous battle took place; so you would know now what to do if you saw a wooden horse outside your house...
We enjoyed the exotic fusion of the Christian and Muslim worlds as we walked and visited the breath-taking monuments of Byzantium and tried to picture its heyday as the commanding centre of Western civilisation of years long gone - the new Rome established to oversee the empire and of course, we lamented over a Rake, the local fire water, its eventual and inevitable demise.
The city of Troy was a wee bit touristy but hey this was after all, where the famous battle took place; so you would know now what to do if you saw a wooden horse outside your house...
