Dear Food Diary, This special entry will be about food that we cooked, food that we shared together with friends and hosts, and stories that came with each meal. Cooking has been an important part of our lives – particularly baking – that we missed a lot. We can only carry so much spices and ingredient to make basic meals, so when a kitchen presents … Continue reading Dear Food Diary #12: Our Cooking Stories
Ever since we entered Iran, we started noticing the discrimination towards foreigners – not tourists but migrants from neighbouring countries. It has been a consistent pattern in each country that has accepted refugees or migrants. For example, the Iranians spoke very poorly about Afghans living in their country, and the Turkish generally blamed Syrian refugees for taking their jobs. We have several stories to share … Continue reading The Difficult Life of Refugees
Pheng first heard about George Orwell’s 1984 book in social studies class at Edgewater College. At that time, his interests were mainly naming countries and their capital city. In this journey through Asia, we engaged with many people discussing the political situation, internal affairs and the daily struggles. We’ll compare experiences of our journey to that in Mr Orwell’s book. It may help if you … Continue reading 1984 in 2018
Sunday 31st, March 2019 We were in Diyarbakir, a capital city in a province south of Turkey. It is considered an important city of the Kurdish people. That day was the local election day throughout Turkey. It was expected the night would be full of celebration as the pro-Kurdish party will win the mayoralty of Diyarbakir. We happened to be living very close to the … Continue reading Good Cop Bad Cop
This country was our gateway to Europe and it provided us a pleasant transition from Asian to European culture. Everything from food, infrastructure and weather improved, giving us an enjoyable time in Turkey. We also tried hitchhiking for the first time and the result was great! Turkey A sneaky peek into this Eurasian nation: Capital: Ankara Population: 82 million Language: Turkish Currency: Turkish Lira (3.80 … Continue reading Turkey’s Report Card
Post title in Khmerដំណើរជិះកង់ឆ្លងទ្វីប ស្ថានភាពដំណើរ ទី១៤៖ អ៊ីស្តានប៊ុល Trip Summary សង្ខេបការធ្វើដំណើរ We’ve arrived in Turkey’s biggest city İstanbul after cycling through some scenic and magical places. We arrived on June 5th after cycling a further 2590 km, bringing our total to 16945 km. On this route we saw numerous policeman, deep blue Mediterranean Sea, and magical hot air balloons. ពួកយើងបានមកដល់ទីក្រុងធំជាងគេរបស់ទួរគី គឺទីក្រុងអ៊ីស្តានប៊ុល (Istanbul) ក្រោយការជិះកង់ឆ្លងកាត់តំបន់ដែលមានទេសភាពប្លែក និងអស្ចារ្យមួយចំនួន។ ពួកយើងបានមកដល់នៅថ្ងៃទី ០៥ … Continue reading Trip Status #14: İstanbul
Dear Food Diary, Ironically we haven’t tried any dish made from the turkey bird, but the people here probably don’t realize the link between the English word for turkey and the name of their country. So we’ve learned that each city has their own special dish or dessert, so we’ll share the ones we’ve been introduced to by the many friends we’ve met. The name … Continue reading Dear Food Diary #9: South & East Turkey
After the dawn service we had plenty of time to pack up, eat breakfast and do our own things. Together with our new friends we left the Memorial Site and walked towards the next service. Looking from Above As we walked along the shoreline we looked out towards Europe. The sea was calm and the beach was clear enough to see the pebbles below. The … Continue reading New Zealand’s Anzac Service
Finally we set foot on Europe (technically) as we stepped off the ferry onto the Gallipoli Peninsula. Since we didn’t come with our bikes it didn’t count as “having made it to Europe”. 24 April 2019 6 pm Our ferry docked and we headed towards the other side of the peninsula. It is a 10 km walk to get to the Anzac memorial site. Security … Continue reading Waking up for the Anzac Dawn Service
We thought about visiting the Anzac Services in Turkey, but didn’t think we would be in Turkey in April. With one week left before April 25th, we were only halfway across Turkey. It was decided that we would go by hitchhiking via the southern coast and up towards Çanakkale. This city is where everyone in Turkey remembers their world war soldiers too. 21/4/2019: Mersin to … Continue reading Hitchhiking to Anzac Cove
Pedalling Continents 