CHRHAD World

Thursday, 5 July 2012 After the long day (and long night) the day before, we woke up and had breakfast in our hotel in Cappadocia. That day, Thursday, 5 July 2012, we were to leave Cappadocia for our next destination, Ankara, the capital of the Republic of Turkey. The total journey would take roughly half days, with one stop in Tuz Gölü (Salt Lake) on the way to Ankara. View from our hotel that morning But before leaving Cappadocia, we were brought to a carpet factory, producing Turkish signature carpets with unique motifs. All the carpets sold there were handmade and the design was elaborate, therefore the price was high also. Again, my family was not interested :)) The making process of the carpet The sample on the wall We left the carpet factory and went on to Ankara with one stop in Tuz Gölü (Salt Lake), the main source of salt for Turkey. The lake is shared among three provinces, which are Konya, Ankara, and Aksaray. We visited from the Ankara Province side, w...

Let me share my summer vacation experience this year to Turkey. This trip was done as family trip with my parents and my younger sister. Actually, I am the one who encouraged the destination to be Turkey and we originally planned this as a Christmas vacation last year, but considering the weather condition during winter, we postponed it to the next summer, i.e. this summer. We joined a tour based in Jakarta scheduled from 28 June to 7 July 2012 and flew Turkish Airlines flight TK 67 from Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Istanbul Atatürk International Airport via Singapore Changi Airport. But wait, have I said in my previous post that I am now based in Singapore for my research? Yes, indeed, and on my research program, I still need to work during vacation period and need leave permission for vacation trips. Would joining the flight from Singapore be better? Maybe, but I still need to "go home" for trip preparation and although originally I was to stop at C...