Caravanserai in Turkey

A “caravanserai”, was a roadside inn built to shelter travelers, goods and animals along ancient routes and was especially known to be linked with the trade routes along the former Silk Roads. We were still able to find caravanserai in Turkey. Some were modified to be restaurants, museum or hotels. We visited one caravanserai restaurant for lunch.




Pizza making at the kitchen. Pizza in Turkey quite thin and crispy.

Turkish Cuisine

We did not able to capture too many food photo in Turkey. When we realized to take photo the food almost finished le!

Since we don’t take beef, along our stay in Turkey we only eat chicken or fish. Actually pork is not illegal in Turkey but is still very hard to find.

Basically our breakfast was taken in the hotel with western buffet style. There were various types of cheese, bread and salad. Bread is omnipresent in Turkey. Any given meal would be presents with a basket of bread and soup followed by salad and finally main course. As if we were in Europe taking meal, haha!


Various types of cheese



Previously I thought kebab was only referred to meat shaved from a rotating spit as what we always see in pasar malam. After few days in Turkey, I asked our tour guide why we never had the chance to eat kebab, he laughed and explained to me that there are many types of kebab. Kebab is a general term for the grilled meat in various forms, including the famous one, grilled meat which is shaved from a rotating spit, skewered meat and some other forms of grilled meat. I see! All the way I thought only 1 type of kebab!

To me, majority desserts in Turkey are too sweet! Famous dishes such as Baklava (a layered pastry of finely ground nuts soaked in honey and spice, Lokum (gummy delight of rosewater and sugar) and many others which I couldn’t recall their names.

Bosphorus River Cruise - Day 9

We used ferryboat as the Bosphorus River Cruise . I had to say that the scenery along Bosphorus River was fantastic! It was an approximately 1 1/2 hours cruise.

Initially we still hesitated whether to take the Cruise because it was an optional tour. Kun used to recommended the cruise is a must-go spot in my blog. So we finally decided to go for the Cruise and it wasn't disappointed us!

Along the shoreline, we are able to see the beautiful mosque included Tokapi Palace, decadent villas which are now become the most expensive villa in Turkey, the suspended Bosporus Bridge, some fishing boats, yachts, huge cargo ships and tankers.

Ankara – Istanbul (Day 8 - Part 2)

Tokapi Palace
Tokapi Palace is near to Hippodrome and the Blue Mosque. Since Tokapi Palace was closed on last Tuesday, we visited it when we back to Istanbul again. There were few museums inside but i think took us more than 1/2 a day if we go into each of them one by one. As usual museum in Turkey, we are not allowed to take photo in the musuems.










Beautiful Gardens in Tokapi Palace








The Grand Bazaar
According to our tour guide, the Grand bazaar is a tourist spot compared to the Spice Bazaar. Sine Turkish Lira I have almost finish, we didn't buy anything from the Grand Bazaar.


Belly Dance and Folklore Dance Show