So we finaly have our first beach stop of the trip and it is amazing we arrived at our campsite which is pretty much empty apart from us so we have it to ourselves and we have a couple of days here to chill out with the only thing planed being a trip to Ephesus. Ephesus is one of the must see ruins I would say even though I don't find them that interesting these are the ones out of them all you should see if you have the chance. After our day there we decid...

Okay guys so as you all have realised I have been pretty rubbish at updating my blog lately had far too much other stuff to do but I'm going to try and get it all up to date so some may be short and brief but enough so you know what I have been up to. So after Istanbul we headed for Anzac day. We had to leave our guide and one of the other group members behind as our visas for Iran were going to take longer than planned to come through after the embassy had ...

So we have finaly hit Turkey and we have 3 weeks of sun ahead of us. First stop Istanbul! So our first hostel (FINALY A BED!!) it's a 30 bed dorm but I don't mind as or group of 21 (which grew to 22 while we were here) dominates the room. Sooooo Istanbul is pretty amazing. We were right bang in the centre of the European side and within walking distance to all the things to see. So the 2 days we had we wandered around getting lost in the Bazars to get our ...

So we arrived at our camp site early afternoon and it was our first place to just chill out. Which at the pace we have been moving was a relief. We arrived and set up our tents, then headed over to chill at the bar and to my greatest surprise they stocked Cider!!!! The campground owners are an English couple and so nice it's amazing. They even let me buy a crate of cider for cost price to take with me so now I can have some whenever I want. Stayed up and pla...

On our way to Bucharest we stopped off at Draculas Castle which I was pretty unimpressed with it's not even officially the castle and it was pretty boring but hey I've been. So that night it was Helens 25th birthday and it was a good excuse for the first party of the trip. After us having plenty wine and vodka along with playing the box game, we all crashed and it is safe to say we were all feeling a bit fragile in the morning. Lucky though that there wasn't m...