Travel
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A Day in the Life of the Maasai
The plan today was to visit a Maasai Village to experience how they live and then visit a school that is supported by O.A.T. On the way to the village we stopped and picked up a community service worker named… Continue reading
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Day One in the Bush
We boarded a small bush plane that made 2 stops before we reached out final destination. The entire flight was only 30 minutes so it was a lot of up and down. All I could think of was that AlohaAirline… Continue reading
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Surviving Jet Lag
We purposely came two days early because I know what it is like to start a tour right after you get off the plane. The first day in Nairobi we literally spent the entire day sitting under umbrellas by the… Continue reading
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Kenya Here We Come
Right now I am sitting in Business Class in Doha, Oman waiting for our flight to Nairobi sipping champagne. I now understand why this airline (Qatar) is #1 airline in the world. Our overnight flight was something out of the… Continue reading
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People, Places and Things
This post is just a round up of cool things that didn’t fit anywhere else. The Turkish people were very nice but we found that once we were out of the city of Istanbul communication could be difficult. The food… Continue reading
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Last Days in Turkey
One thing I learned in Turkey was in the last year I have seen enough Roman ruins to last a life time. Morocco, Egypt, Jordan and now Turkey. Those Romans really got around. Some of them were truly spectacular but… Continue reading
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Yunak Cave Hotel in Cappadocia
This hotel has to be the most unusual place I have ever stayed at. The rooms were caves cut into the side of a mountain. The bathrooms were gorgeous and all marble, The only problem was the steep walk up… Continue reading
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Last Day in Cappadocia
I woke up this morning at 2:00 AM waiting for the 4:30 AM wake-up call for the balloon ride. There had to be several hundred people waiting for the buses to leave for the balloon site. We waited and waited… Continue reading
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Cappadocia
We are staying for 3 days in a cave hotel. It is so cool I will do a separate post on it. We were supposed to do the balloon ride this morning but it got cancelled because of the wind.… Continue reading
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On The Road To Cappadocia
Never knew I was mispronouncing Cappadocia all these years. Now I know. Our guide, Mehmet, is always behind with his schedule because he likes to talk so this morning we had to stop at the Crystal Terrace which is a… Continue reading
