Our original plans were to pass through Montenegro on our way between Serbia and Croatia. However after several people we've met along the way mentioned how beautiful the country is, we rethought our itinerary. Boy were they right! We booked a train from Belgrade to Bar, Montenegro and as our first European train we had high hopes of what it would be like compared to Asia. Unfortunately this particular train had some mechanical difficulties and gradually...

Our first glimpse of Eastern Europe was the Serbian capital Belgrade. Our visit was brief and only scraped the surface of this region and what use to be Yugoslavia. It is strange to think that in our lifetime this country has had such a traumatic history. While on the bus we passed buildings destroyed by the NATO bombings 12 years ago which were not rebuilt. However what we really noticed was how friendly and helpful the locals were. It was clear that gro...

Gallipoli was our last destination in Turkey and appropriately a place that conjures up reflection of the past and looking towards the future. It was hard to believe we were standing on the ground were thousands of soldiers lost their lives. Walking amongst the hundreds of graves and lists of names of soldiers was a mixed feeling of pride and sadness, as many bodies were not found and have unknown places of burial. Standing at the top of Chunuk Bair there is a ...

Ephesus was once a great bustling city which was occupied by both Greeks and Romans. Today fallen columns and brick lie throughout the ruins. However despite this, you can still imagine the grandeur of what was one of the largest Mediterranean cities in the 1st century BC. Terraced housing, latrines and the great theatre are still fairly intact, and it is an amazing feeling to walk along the roads of where millions have gone before you. We stayed in Selçu...

After spending almost 3 months of our trip inland, we highly anticipated our trip to the small towns of Kaş and Fethiye located on the southern coast of Turkey. These towns are famous for the Lycian Way (a 510 km long footpath around part of the coast of ancient Lycia) and the crystal clear waters. As this destination was the most 'holiday' part of our overseas adventure so far, we took to sun bathing on boats while they island hopped to the next swimming dest...