I leave Morocco with the two bags I arrived with. Of course, there are a few things that we are leaving at the in-laws house that we would like to have in a home someday if we ever have one. Also I am leaving my guitar and violin #2 here for the moment. The harmonica comes with me though.
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Hotel Ayasofya – Top Suite – End of trip luxury
We do alright traveling on the cheap! It’s really a matter of choosing where to suffer and where not to. As I said before, I don’t like to suffer at the end of a journey nor at the beginning. During the middle, I don’t mind a bit. If you think about it, it makes sense. The two things you usually know are when you will arrive and when you will leave. Book a hotel for those nights and play everything else by ear.
From Fetiye to Goreme, Cappadocia – Moonlight Cave Suites
Before he would tell me the price, the owner insisted on showing me the room. We walked in and I knew it was beyond our range. A beautiful cave room suite with a large flat screen TV, leather sofa, deluxe king size bed, full size jacuzzi bathtub, mini bar, jet shower, white robes, white slippers, and incredible inset lighting. It was gorgeous.
Couchsurfing in Istanbul and Turkey
Our first hosts, Alp and Serap were the only one’s that actually came through though so we ended up booking an additional nine nights of hotel accommodations and didn’t know it would happen until we arrived. Not ideal.
Arriving at the Hotel Ayasofya in Sultanahmet, Istanbul
One of my hard and fast rules (which I often break anyway) about travel are that a journey should begin with a small amount of luxury so that you can get your head on straight in a new place and end with a lot of luxury so that you have something to look forward to…
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul
Our flight from Casablanca landed about 50 km from Istanbul in the Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. It’s not nearly as convenient as Ataturk Airport but it services a lot of discount airlines such as Air Arabia. While not a huge airport, it does have a lot of domestic and international flights coming in and going…
Budget Airlines in Turkey and Morocco – Air Arabia
cheap flights to Turkey and Morocco
From the Gare de Fes to Mohammad V International Airport by Train
The new train station in Fes is beautiful. It’s so different from the dark and dingy little place I arrived at the first night I was in Morocco what seems like twenty years ago. Hard to believe it hasn’t even been two years yet. time goes slowly in the 12th century. Inside the station, we…
Istanbul, Turkey Vagabonds
Istanbul is a wonderful city to travel to. It’s so nice for me to be in an international city that is clean, modern, and intellectually progressive. As a world travel destination, Istanbul rocks! As the first international destination for my wife, it’s nice that it’s both Islamic and Modern and Secular. In short, we love…
Vagobond – Lonely Planet – Travel Blogs
Some have you may have noticed the small badges on the right hand sidebar that say Lonely Planet and Travel Blogs. A few of you have asked me what they are. Here is your answer.