When you look at the travel brochures to Turkey, one of the displayed pictures is always of stone heads in rising or setting sun on a mountain. This is Nemrut Dağı (eng. Mount Nemrut). The Mountain is tucked away in the rugged mountains of southeastern Turkey and rises to an altitude of 2,134 meters. It…
Author: Kasia
In the past 20 years I challenged myself of making my travels as least touristic as possible, as interesting as possible, and as foodie as possible. Yes, I love food, but not just any food, rather good and authentic food. To taste these foods I travel to different corners of the world.
In the Heart of Silk Road, part 2
The alarm ripped me from sleep at 4:45 AM in Bukhara and the pre-dawn chill sept through the hotel walls. It was way too early to get up but I had had quite an adventure waiting. By 6:30 we were at the train platform, clutching tickets for the 07:01 Bukhara – Khiva and waiting patiently…
In the heart of Silk Road, part 1
Uzbekistan is a captivating blend of history, culture, and flavors that hits you like a whirlwind of turquoise tiles, fragrant plov, and relentless carpet sellers they could sell sand to a camel. I recently returned from this Central Asian jewel, clutching four cashmere shawls I did not know I needed until the bazaar vendors worked…
Spice Up Your Life
Humming Spice Girls yet? “Slam it to the left, if you’re havin’ a good time!” Well, grab your boots, metaphorically speaking, and get ready to shake up your taste buds, because this is the chaotic, colorful, and downright delicious notes of a food-obsessed person who treats eating like an Olympic sport and spices like gold…
Saddle Up
To YG Equestrian Centre and YG Pro Shite team with my undying love… My earliest memory of horses comes from a black and white picture taken by my dad during a visit to our family’s farm. The image captures a stunning mare, a working horse, and me sitting on her without a saddle when I…
Yabancı in İstanbul, part 2
Living in Istanbul as a foreigner is a constant exercise in embracing contradictions. One minute it is serene, the next it is a full-blown street party. And after over 2 years living here, just when I thought I was getting comfortable, Istanbul decided to throw in an earthquake for good measure. Because, you know, why…
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