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Caucasus and Turkey Newsletter Released
After a lot of hard work, Lauren has released our next newsletter. This issue covers the Azerbaijan, The Republic of Georgia, and...
Top 5 Mediterranean Locations
Olympos – Olympos is a relatively concealed and close-knit community of hostels and beach-style tree-house cabanas. Very few tourists...
The Night Train to Bulgaria
We decided to take the night train from Istanbul at 10:00pm across the western boards to Bulgaria. We planned to disembark before Sofia in...
The Bosphorus River Cruise
We jumped on an early tram and made our way down to the port the following morning. We arrived just in time as a huge line had already...
Welcome to Istanbul, Friend
Having arrived in Istanbul at 11:00pm, we were a little out of luck for transportation. We waited for the Metro and then took the trolley...
Homer’s Troy and Gallipoli
After a restful night, we awoke early to talk with the manager of the hostel about the package tours to Gallipoli and Troy. We were shocked...
Ephesus is Still Alive
After posing ridiculously on all of the old ruins and monuments we could find in the three ancient cities and camping for the night, we...
The Three Ancient Cities
Priene, Miletus and Didyma are three rather impressive ruins along the Aegean Coast that are smaller than Ephesus, but were important...
A Journey to Try One’s Patience
Although we had made a pact never to take another night bus, we found ourselves booked on the 12:30pm bus from Fethiye to Aydan, where we...
12 Islands Cruise
We arrived in Fethiye and were immediately hit by how relaxed the city seemed. Boats lined the coast, which was on a steep hill overlooking...
Olympos is Paradise
We experienced a taste of what hell must be like on the overnight bus from Cappadocia to Olympos. What was supposed to be an 11 hour ride...
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...
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...
