A walk in the jungle, a ride in the mountains — all part of days journey with easy rider tour, day 3. Check out our guide Hai (oh, hi!), fancy big bikes, and Sergey’s driving skills 🙂
Shopping in castle district in Ankara! I am a big believer in collecting pieces during our travels. We’ve sourced items for our home pretty much in every country we’ve visited, and in Turkey sort of hit the jackpot. Plenty of well priced items for sale – they might not be the most authentic — though we…
A visit to the Istanbul Archeology Museum is a must – fascinating artifacts dating back 5-6 thousand (!!) years ago, uncovered as recently as a few years ago when the city began construction of Marmaray rail link under the Bosphorous.
A visit to the 10th century Banteay Srei temple, the crown jewel of Khmer architecture. Banteay Srei was built by a Brahmin – rather than your typical Varman (king) — in honor of Hindu god Shiva. The rose-colored sandstone carvings are spectacular even in 100+ degree heat. Banteay Srei was one of our favorites in the Angkor complex!
Welcome to Mongolia, the land of vast empty, hilly landscapes with barely any people… It was the first time we discovered that what might work for majority travelers, and by work I mean most loved it, will not work for us. Picture time outside of the temple walls in ancient capital of Karakorum, Mongolia. Let…
We visited one of holy islands in Russia – Valaam. Gorgeous and quite serene.
A video of Sergey talking about this and that. Jenia was out at a steam sauna / massage spa.