For us, Rajasthan was the best part of India. It’s rural, authentic, beautiful and has some laidback small towns worth visiting! We started our journey in Udaipur, following Jodhpur, Jaiselmer, Pushkar and Jaipur. Why traveling to some of these cities of Incredible Rajasthan? Let me explain! Udaipur I call it small Italy. Not whole Udaipar, but it’s this area you have to pay entrance for which is really pretty. It’s the City Palace surrounded by its huge towers and decorated…
Abyaneh The remote mountain village that lies in the Esfahan province really is astonishing. While walking through the small streets you feel as if you are walking 300 years back in time. The strangest thing is that you only see elderly on the streets, trying to sell dried fruits to tourists. When asked where the young people were, we were told that most of them are in foreign countries. Since they looked quite poor, we were surprised. Our guide laughed…
It was going to be a long trip to get to Cappadocia from Safranbolu. We had to go through Ankara first which took 3 hours by bus and then from there 6 other hours to get to Goreme in Cappadocia. We arrived in the evening and since we hadn’t booked anything yet, we just walked with our new friends Morgan & Veronica from China to see if their hotel still had rooms left. Fortunately we got to become neighbours and went…
We bought our bus tickets from Istanbul to Safranbolu (6 hours) for 50 lira. We arrived in the city center and had our guesthouse booked in the old part of the city. The transition between the new and the old part was huge! And it was like going way back in time. The little city is protected and added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites due to its well-preserved Ottoman architecture. When you get to walk around there, it’s…