Category: Asia by Land
Cappadocia Living in Fairy Towers
We arrived in Cappadocia extremely excited and giddy, having seen the fairy towers out the bus window. We checked into the Traveler’s...
Ankara to Cappadocia
On the evening of the 26th I found a shuttle to the airport and waited for Matt, my friend since 1st grade, to arrive in Ankara. Lauren...
Reaching the Capital, Ankara
Having enjoyed our time in Safranbolu, but eager to get out of a town that was little more than a giant tourist trap complete with cliché...
Ottoman Culture Survives in Safranbolu
We arrived in Safranbolu, named after the plant Safron, around 8pm and instantly realized our bus driver, who was to deposit us in the...
Sinop, A Taste of the Med on the Black Sea Coast
Trabzon and the magnificent hanging monastery of Sumela disappeared in the distance behind us as we boarded yet another bus heading West....
Trabzon and Sumela Monastery
After a restful week in Yusufeli we felt more than up to the task of our 6 hour bus ride to Trabzon. This was no ordinary road, but a...
ATC Joins the Mongol Rally 2010
Lauren and Mike landed a team in the Mongol Rally 2010! We’re in the process of picking a few team members, looking for sponsors, and...
Yusufeli and rainy camping
Having arrived in Yusufeli without a map, we had to rely on shabby LP written directions to get us a place to sleep. We have not had good...
Sarpi Border Crossing Into Turkey
Having crossed several borders, with shady officials and legitimate ones, we have now crossed the easiest border on the planet between the...
A New Traveler Joins ATC
Here at Abandon the Cube we’re always happy to hear other traveler’s adventure tales. We’ve met a lot of great people...
Batumi Beach Paradise
After Bojormi National Park, Gori, Tbilisi, Kazbegi, Baku, and the Caspian Sea ferry, we were ready for a break. However, we were unaware...
Kutaisi, Georgia and the Bagrati Cathedral
Kutaisi, Georgia offered us some much needed rest after city-hopping for the previous few days. The minibus dropped us off at a random...
Kazbegi Mountain
Kazbegi is a mountain town nestled smack dab between South Ossetia and Chechynia, in northern Georgia. All around this peaceful and...
Baku to Tbilisi on the Night Train
We only had a five day transit visa for Azerbaijan. It is a relatively small country and while we would have liked to stay longer than five...
Top Sites of Baku and Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, being currently in the middle of an oil boom, is as expensive as Europe. We were confined to Baku because we only had a few...
Baku The Ancient City with a New Face-lift
We arrived in Baku at 1:00am and disembarked from the ferry with a sigh, it had been an amazing trip, and although it was over 30 hours...
Ferry from Turkmenbashi to Baku Part 2
Having returned to the ferry terminal after our morning attempt failed and we had decided to enjoy the day with a nice swim, we were...
Ashgabat to Turkmenbashi and Leaving Turkmenistan by Ferry
Having heard and read countless horror stories of the ferry situation from Turkmenbashi to Baku, we were eager to try for ourselves. Many a...
How to Take the Caspian Sea Ferry
Here is the process you must follow when trying to get a ferry, since many people want this information and no one else provides it in one...
The Re-Packed Packing List
As you know, we’ve spent the last two months in Turkmenistan putting back on some of the weight we lost in Kazakhstan, and relaxing...
Leaving Central Asia
As we depart Central Asia, we’re hit with a bittersweet feeling partially of relief and partly of sadness. Central Asia is like no...
Goodbye Turkmenistan
After two months in the arid deserts of Turkmenistan, it is time to move towards water. So we’re setting out sights on the infamous...
Site Updates
Since many of our readers view the blog through the RSS feed, we just wanted to write to let everyone know that we’ve made massive...
Darvaza Remix
Owing to a misplaced video of our last trip to the Darvaza crater, as well as an urge to try out new grilling methods and camping...
And The Journey Continues
With a little help from our friends, OK a lot of help via their visa agent, we are finally all ready for onward travel to Baku,...
