When I arrived in Istanbul a few days ago, it was very late at night. My Turkish Airlines flight landed at 10 pm, but it took another hour to get through customs and baggage claim. When I finally came through at 11 pm, there was a lovely young man waiting to meet me to escort […]

The day that I set off for my Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul, back in 2015, there had been a suicide bomb attack on a Police station in Sultanbeyli on the outskirts of Istanbul. It was a minor attack and no one was killed, it also had a specific target. It did, however, prompt me […]

Arriving in Istanbul I arrived late at Sultan Hostel around midnight last night. The hostel had arranged a driver to collect me from the airport, so it was easy to get here.I always say that the most fantastic thing about hostel life is the people that you meet. In the morning at breakfast, I met […]