Travelling Pioneers

Sagalassos, Turkey is an amazing place to see. So to help you, I want to tell you the 24 best things to see when you visit. Or better yet, allow you to sit back and enjoy everything that you would see at the city itself. This is how it’s structured. In this blog I will try to give you four things for each item. A good picture of the site. Tell you what is interesting about it. Show a picture of the actual sign in front of it that explains it (in English, German and Turkish). Show any good photo opportunity spots. Getting to Sagalassos Sagalassos is quite remote in comparison to other ancient cities. We came from Konya, so we decided to span the trip over two days, stopping first in Egirdir . Wow! What an unexpected surprise that was. Besides the beautiful peninsula, there were caves, a castle and stunning views. But alas, I will leave that for another post. Map of Turkey showing Salagassos Distances from Salagassos to: Isparta – 48 km (30 miles) Antalya – 118 km (73 miles) Izmir – 42...

Kyoto Japon Park is better known as just Japon Park to the locals. I would like to tell you how you get there and the best time to go. I would also like to tell you about what food you can get there. Since this park is practically in my backyard, I go there with friends from time to time. Here is everything you need to know. A Japanese Park in Turkey? Why? The park was built by the city of Konya to kinder feelings of brotherhood between the Turkish and Japanese people, particularly between the cities of Kyoto and Konya. Temple in Kyoto, Japan Restaurant in Japon Park, Konya. Konya is considered a partner city (not a sister city) according to the official Japanese site . The difference is that while a sister city agreement is multi-faceted, a partner city agreement is based on some theme agreed upon by both sides. I have never found what that is exactly, but I think it is connected with education since it is near a university. What seems strange is I have only met a handful of Japanes...