Lisa Robin's travel blogs and travel photos

After 12 hours on the bus overnight from Cappadoccia we arrived back in Istanbul for a final day and one last night! Went to the Topkapi Palace Museum and saw the seventh largest diamond in the world and the Topkapi dagger, with three of the largest emeralds I've ever seen on it. Then one last night of drinking at a bar on the Bosphorus to say goodbye to Turkey. Arrived in London on Friday 17th, j...

After a Fantastic time in Kusadasi, Koycegiz and Saklikent Gorge we headed to Fethiye where we had our first Hamam (Turkish Bath) where they scrubbed us and soaped us and massaged us until we were squeaky clean! Em and I then had to say goodbye to Loz and Lee and we jumped onto a Gullet for our four day cruise to Olympos where we went rockclimbing, lay on the beach and danced around a bonfire at t...

Turkey turned out to be such a diverse and amazing place. I had no idea it was so physically beautiful and jammed packed full of history! We spent a week in Istanbul staying in Sultanamhet. Went to the Blue Mosque, named after the bright blue Iznik tiles which cover the inside. The Aya Sophia, which was originally a Christian church. The Ottomans turned it into a Mosque and plastered over all the ...

We arrived in London a little worse for wear after having a little too much fun in Thailand. After recovering from our colds we went on a walking tour of the city to see all the major sites- amazing... London is a very exciting place to be. Lots of beautiful old architecture, cool bars and restaurants and my favourite place to hang out so far, Hyde Park. We stayed at the Hyde Park Hostel which is ...

We started our adventures in beautiful Thailand! Home of Sang Som (local Thai whiskey- very cheap and nasty), Singha (yummy Thai beer) and Swedes (usually topless!). We had an absolute ball! Highlights include- riding an elephant, exploring caves where Em's was attacked by a vicious bat, lying around on the beach and lots of drinking and eating yummy...