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Ancient Aphrodesias in Turkey Beckons Adventurers

Ancient Aphrodesias in Turkey Beckons Adventurers

Ancient Aphrodesias in Turkey Beckons Adventurers By Vikki Gibson We woke to the sounds of the Aegean surf lapping against the rocks below our deck. On the sea, calm and glass-like, a monster of a cruise ship was gliding into the port of Kusadasi. Within the hour it would belch up thousands of tourists. Let’s […]

Discovering Ephesus in Turkey

Discovering Ephesus in Turkey

Discovering Ephesus in Turkey By Vikki Gibson We were picked up at 4:15 a.m. by Mr. Emit of Euphrates Tours for our trip to the airport. An early morning flight on Pegasus Air from Kayseri to Izmir was the start of the next phase of our exploration of Turkey’s great treasures. We were relocating to […]

Exploring Historic Central Anatolia

Exploring Historic Central Anatolia

Exploring Historic Central Anatolia By Vikki Gibson Our Euprates Tour van and guide, Ramzan, were at our beck and call on the second day of our tour. Ramzan had an itinerary that lay the history and terrain of central Anatolia before us. We continued exploring ancient caves and their remarkable and unbelievable paintings; dwellings engineered from […]

Hot Air Ballooning Over Cappadocia in Turkey

Hot Air Ballooning Over Cappadocia in Turkey

Hot Air Ballooning Over Cappadocia in Turkey By Vikki Gibson Ring! Ring! It’s our 3:45 a.m. wake-up call. When I open my eyes I don’t know that they are open. It’s pitch-black! Panic! Why can’t I see? Then I remember, I’m in a cave; a beautiful Turkish cave. Time to get up. The balloon company will pick us up at […]

Explore Turkey: Goreme Valley

Explore Turkey: Goreme Valley

Explore Turkey: Goreme Valley  By Vikki Gibson So, after forty-three years, I have  crossed “see underground cave city” off of my proverbial “bucket list”. I finally made it back to Turkey! It was 1969 and I was hitch-hiking around Europe carrying a back-breaking, hip-hugging, German army surplus backpack and eating from the right side of the menu. […]

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