In which Zach beats the Turkish e-Visa website at its own game by fighting obsolete websites with obsolete software
The Personal Blog of Zach Heise
In which Zach beats the Turkish e-Visa website at its own game by fighting obsolete websites with obsolete software
My friend, colleague and fellow traveler Caitlin is moving through her blogposts faster than I am! She writes over at Tastiest of Noms and has already even gotten through her Istanbul entries for our arrival in Jordan. Some of the pictures you see on the site are hers, some of them are mine. She doesn’t […]
Well, I definitely enjoyed my two days in Istanbul more this time than I did back in my last visit in 2009. Having three friends to laugh with definitely helps. The Turkish people I interacted with on the street were still a bit sarcastic and dry but it didn’t bother me as much as it […]
After my last couple of trips to (what I felt was a) pushy city like Istanbul, I’ve arrived again with my friends Caitlin, Branden, and Kate. Today begins our two week long adventure in the Middle East – a few days in Istanbul (their idea, heh) followed by the rest in Jordan, where I’m a […]
In which Zach, having left Tajikistan and Central Asia behind, pledges to spend a day sightseeing in Istanbul but at a fraction of the budget that he spent the previous day. The goal is $20, or about 30 lira. Can he see Istanbul for cheap and still have a good time? Find out within.
In which Zach spends the first day of his trip to Central Asia in Istanbul, Turkey – touring the Hagia Sofia museum and the Sultanahmet mosque with two Japanese flight attendants, being harassed by vendors, and eating unpronounceable foods.