Tag: Exploring

  • İstanbul, Eminönü, Haliç and a trip up the Bosphorus.

    Is it Europe or is it Asia? Geographically both, but İstanbul feels like Asia with some European influence and is a flavoursome melting pot of each continent. Admittedly, I did spend most of my time on the European side, but yet there is still a heavy Asian influence, with a proliferation of mosques and Islamic…

  • Hiking Mount Rainier, Washington State

    Mount Rainier appeared like a mirage in the distance, summoning and calling us to ascend her snowy mantle. At last, my father, my brother and I set off towards her majestic peak beckoning to us for supreme adventure – and we were ready for that. As we drove on and on, its icy cap filled…