Where Next?
Destination: Taurus mountains, Turkey
Why: Recommended by Thelma, I've been looking at the trips Mike Belton runs for Wild Frontiers in Turkey. For my first trip in 2012, I've booked Wild Frontiers' Wild Walk in the Taurus Mountains. We walk parts of the St Paul Trail through the countryside of Central Anatolia, taking in history (Roman routes and ruins), geology (limestone columns) and the canyons, rivers, and lakes of the Taurus Mountains. To make the most of the Spring Bank holiday and the flight routing via Istanbul, Hazel and I are tacking on a couple of days in Istanbul on the way back, staying at the Turkoman Hotel.
When: April/May 2012
How: with Wild Frontiers
Itinerary
- Day 1: London - Istanbul - Antalya
- Day 2: Antalya - Balkiri - Akpinar - Lake Eğirdir / Eğirdir
- Day 3: Eğirdir - Mt Davraz
- Day 4: Mt Davraz - Yukari Gokdere - Kasimlar
- Day 5: Kasimlar - Kesme - Asar hill - Caltepe
- Day 6: Caltepe - Selge
- Day 7: Selge - Altinkaya - Tevfik's House
- Day 8: Tevfik's House - Eurymedon Roman Bridge (Oluk Köprü) / Köprüçay River - Aspendos - Antalya
- Day 9: Antalya - Istanbul (tour ends)
- Day 10: Istanbul
- Day 11: Istanbul - London
Map of countries visited
(as at 01 September 2010)
For details read my Travel entries, and/or browse the photos in my Travel sets on Flickr. Here's a summary of the when, the what, the how and the with who:
1994
Bolivia, with Matt and Tom
1994/1995
France - Lille (living/working)
1995
New Zealand, with dad and Tom
1996
France - Paris (living/working)
Italy - Sienna, with Jess and Bella
India - Kerala, with Janette
1997 - 1999
The World Tour, with Hazel
2000
Italy - Milan, with Hazel
Syria and Jordan - Explore's Crusader Castles & Desert Cities trip
China - Beijing, with Hazel and her dad
2001
Iceland - Rekjavik, with Hazel
Australia - Sydney, Adelaide & Perth, with Hazel
Spain - Barcelona, with Hazel
2002
Portugal - Lisbon, with Janette
Serbia - Belgrade
America, with Phil
Cambodia - Intrepid's Heart of Cambodia trip, with Hazel
2003
Turkey - Istanbul, with Janette
France - Paris, with Phil
Chile & Argentinian Patagonia, with Hazel
2004
Czech Republic - Prague, with Hazel
Serbia - Belgrade & Novi Sad, with Phil
India - Kerala, with Hazel
2005
India & Nepal - Exodus' Delhi to Kathmandu trip
France - Avignon, with Phil
Ukraine - Yalta & the Crimea - Voyage Jules Verne, with Hazel
Chile and the Falkland Islands, with Phil
2006
France - Paris, with Phil
Pakistan - Wild Frontiers' Hindu Kush Adventure
2007
Iran - Wild Frontiers' Land of the Peacock Throne
Spain - Seville and Cordoba, with Fiona and Catherine
Italy - Milan, with Phil
China - Shanghai and beyond, with Hazel
China - Hong Kong & Shanghai (work)
2008
Bhutan - Wild Frontiers' Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon - Spring Festival Tour, with Hazel
France - Paris, with Phil
China (Beijing, Xinjiang) / Kyrgyzstan / Kazakhstan /Uzbekistan - Explore's Central Asia Overland trip
2009
Libya - Peregrine Adventure's Libya Explorer
UAE & Qatar - Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha (work)
France - Antibes, with Hazel
Nepal - Mountain Kingdoms' Annapurna Circuit trek, with Hazel
2010
Hong Kong (work)
Spain - Madrid / Morocco - Intrepid's Colours of Morocco, with Phil
Netherlands - Rotterdam (work)
China - Beijing, Tibet, Xinjiang - Wild Frontiers' Himalayan Journey from Lhasa to Kashgar
2011
Netherlands - Amsterdam (work)
Croatia - Exodus' Croatia: Islands & Mountains trip, with Hazel and Cat
Germany - Berlin / France - Paris, with Phil
Nepal - Mountain Kingdoms' Three High Passes to Everest trek, with a week extension to walk in from Shivalaya, with Hazel