Travel Info: Turkey : )

Cappadocia

How to get there?

Turkish Airlines from Istanbul to Kayseri

Shuttle bus from Kayseri to Goreme: price TL 20/person  (u can book the shuttle from the hotel)



Turkish Airlines





the airport

shuttle bus from kayseri to goreme

Where to stay?

Traveller’s cave pension

Aydinli Mh Gungor Sk No 11

Goreme, Kapadokya

Twin room Price EUR 50 (peak season)

pension@travellerscave.com

traveller's cave pension

traveller's cave pension

What to do?

1.     Afternoon horseriding tour (see the sunset): make sure u know how to ride a horse :D  ; price TL100/person

2.     Hot Air Balloon: MUST DO! Butterfly Balloons. EUR165/person. Make sure u pick the right operator. Only fly with the best! : )  www.butterflyballoons.com Click here to see the pictures : )

3.     One day tour (Green Tour) from 9 am to 6 pm. Price TL 90/person. Don’t expect much on the lunch :P  spots: Goreme panoramic view, derinkuyu underground city, ihlara valley, monastry, pigeon valley. click here for the one day tour pictures

4.     Walk to the hill at Goreme, and watch the beautiful sunset. click here for the sunset pictures

5.   Open Air Goreme Museum: + 1 km from town. Price: TL 15. To go back to the town, u can catch a taxi (fixed price: TL 10). click here to see the pictures

Selcuk

How to get there?

Domestic flight from Kayseri to Izmir (Pegasus Airlines).



indomie di pesawat. harganya 10 lira : )

Continue by train. Cannot give the details coz we kinda got lost trying to get to Selcuk :D

Where to stay?

Nazar Hotel

info@nazarhotel.com

Twin room price EUR 36 (peak season)



nazar hotel

the inside of nazar hotel

What to do?

Visit Ephesus

Start from the upper gate.

TL25/person

From Selcuk to Ephesus by dolmus TL 5/person
click here for the pictures

Pamukkale

How to get there?

Bus from Selcuk. The name of the bus is Pamukkale. Price TL25/person.They say they have a direct journey to Selcuk but they will stop at Denizli. From Denizli they will provide minibus to Pamukkale. Total journey takes around 4 hours.

waiting for the bus

ada pramugaranya :D

Where to stay?

Kervansaray Hotel

kervansaray2@hotmail.com

twin room price: EUR 70 (peak season)

the rooftop of kervansaray hotel

What to do?

1.     Travertines: it’s amazing. Ticket for travertines and hierapolis: TL 40/person. click here for the pics :)

2.     Hierapolis. click here for the pics.

3.     Tandem Paragliding with Hasan. www.havadayiz.com price TL 150/person including photo and video. click here for the pictures : )

Istanbul

How to get there?

By bus from Denizli (8 hours). Bus company: Metro. TL55

the bus

Where to stay?

Marmara Guesthouse & Saruhan Hotel (owned by the same family)

booking@marmaraguesthouse.com

Twin room price EUR 70 (peak season)

What to do?

1.     Stroll along Sultanahmet

2.     Aya Sofya. please click here to see the pictures

3.     Sirkeci: lots and lots of small souvenirs shops, see the pics

4.     Gallipoli Peninsula: Join this trip to get more knowledge about World War I and ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corp). The trip takes whole day from 7 am to 11.30 pm. The ride from Istanbul to Gallipoli takes abour 4.5 hours. Price EUR75/person. click here for the pictures.

5.     Istiklal street, approximately 3 km long. Many many shops : ) click here for the pics

6.     Explore the city: go to the Asia side and back to Europe side. Take the public ferry, they’re very very clean and very frequent. Try the famous fish sandwich. Spice Bazaar. Grand Bazaar. Blue Mosque. Try the sreet food outside grand bazaar.

     Our one day excursion at the city: tram from sultanahmet to eminonu, ferry from halic pier to kasimpasa pier and then back to halic pier, ferry from uskudar pier to besiktas pier, ferry from uskudar besiktas pier to kabatas pier, tunel, tram from karakoy to eminonu, tram from eminonu to sultanahmet. 

  

Rita’s Itinerary:

Day 1: flight from Jakarta to Istanbul by Turkish Airlines (14 hours flight including transit at Singapore); continue by domestic flight from Istanbul to Kayseri.

Day 2: Goreme

Day 3: Morning at Goreme. Afternoon flight to Izmir. From Izmir to Selcuk.

Day 4: visit Ephesus. Catch a bus to Pamukkale.

Day 5: Pamukkale. Night bus to Istanbul.

Day 6: Istanbul

Day 7: Gallipoli Peninsula Tour

Day 8: Istabul

Day 9: Afternoon flight to Jakarta by Malaysia Airlines (transit at Kuala Lumpur)

Other info:

1.     the food portion is too big for us. So we always order one portion and share the food : )

2.     the electricity plug is the same as Indonesia

3.     we visited turkey on August. The degree was around 36-38 degree celcius at midday.

4.     The public transportations are very clean, especially the ferries in istanbul

5.     For citizen of Indonesia: visa on arrival USD 25

 

> I don't care

Friday evening. 18 January 2013. 10:30 pm

The weirdest thing just happened to me this evening

An old friend of mine (a guy), ‘’friend request’’ me on FB

I confirmed

Chat for a while on facebook and then he asked for my number, to move the chat from facebook to whatsapp

Chat for a while on whatsapp

And then, out of the blue, an unrecognized number popped on my whatsapp

Claiming to be the wife of the guy I’m chatting with

She goes on and on about who she is. That she is the wife, that they’re living in different house now because they have some problem, that they already have 2 kids, that she knows I'm chatting with her husband, bla bla bla

I let her go on and on until she said that she hope there’s nothing going on between me and her husband

Only then I responded: ‘’Wow, just out of the blue, accusing people of doing bad things.’’

And then she said that she’s sorry. She’s hoping I would understand her feelings (as a woman). And then she goes on and on again

And at a certain point, I said: “So sorry, but I don’t like to meddle with other people’s business.’’ And with that, I blocked her number from my whatsapp, and erased all her bla bla blas. And I unfriend her husband from facebook

I’m sorry girl, I just don’t care about you

I just don’t

By the way, if she's that paranoid and does this to every woman that chats with her husband, I'm not surprised if they have a problem...

Well anyway, who am I to judge..

Let's just mind our own business..

: )

grateful

Monday evening. 14 January 2013. 9:38 pm

Things happen for a reason

That, I truly believe with all my heart

Sometimes I figure out why something happened, after years have passed

Sometimes I never figure out why something happened to me

So when u think something bad is happening to u. When u start to question ‘why oh why is this happening to me’. When u feel like u couldn’t take it any longer. When u think it’s the end of your dream..

Believe that God has already made another path for u, one that's better for u. One that will make u a better person.

So now I’m being grateful.

Grateful

Because I got to spend this last one and a half years through lots of changes

Being a bit nomadic. Moving from one situation into another. Moving from one place to another.

Getting to know different kinds of people

Having to adapt.. and adapt.. and adapt

Grateful

To be able to spend this last one and a half years,

Through an emotional roller coaster

Happy

Sad

Betrayed

Angry

Lazy

Motivated

Ashamed

Proud

And more

Grateful

Coz all of that made me a person I am today

And now I’m going through another change

Another small chapter in my life

And I’m welcoming the change with an open arms

And a positive atitude

Hope I can keep this positive attitude with me forever

: )

Riung dan Bajawa : )

Trip to Riung, Flores

27 december 2012 - 1 january 2013

rita.yadhi.mas ian.midie.adiani.dita.dian.adel 

This is my second time setting foot on the island of Flores. And I fell in love with this place all over again : )

This time, the destination is Riung, at the north side of bajawa. This time, there are 8 of us. We flew from kupang to reach bajawa and continue by car to reach Riung.

  

disambut oleh pelangi di bandar udara el tari, kupang : )



bukit watujapi, riung, flores



We arrived at  Riung in the afternoon. After taking picture at the hill, we went to the pier, and waited for the sun to set and the moon to rise. Beautiful.

sunset

moon rise

The next day, we went island hopping and snorkeling. There were 4 snorkeling spots.  Hot hot hot.

island hopping : )

at the beach of tiga island

so cute : )

mawar laut

After staying 2 nights at pondok svd, we returned to bajawa. Unlike riung, bajawa is a town located on the highlands with its cool weather. I like this small town. We made 3 stops there: bena village, malanage hotspring and manu lalu panorama.

bena village

bena village

Our hotel in bajawa is called happy happy hotel. We love this place. Very clean and very homy. This place is run by a dutch couple.

We planned to stay in bajawa for one night only and spend the new year’s eve in kupang. But we couldnt make it to kupang the next day because our flight got cancelled due to bad weather. The plane already flew-in from kupang to bajawa, but cannot land at bajawa because of the weather. Got a little bit panicky for a second coz we have a plane to jakarta to catch.

Anyway, we ended up spending one more night a happy happy hotel (not that we’re complaining.. we love this place!). and there were many fireworks that night :D

akhirnya merpati itu datang jugaaa :D

I love flores! Definitely will come to flores again in the future.

I love arranging trips! Gives me a different kind of satisfaction.

I love Indonesia! Sooo beautiful.

I love traveling! Well isnt that obvious..   :D

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