@ the Hampton by Hilton

It’s almost midnight. We’re checked into the Hampton by Hilton in Gaziantep. Just a few words to get us from Ankara to where we are now and then I’ll join Mui in snooze-land.

Our flight to GZT was on AnadoluJet … a regional carrier that operates under the auspices of Turkish Airline. It’s one of those barebones carriers with little in the way of service. We opted for a slightly higher airfare so that we could book exit row seats to at least ensure a bit of comfort on the short flight here … an uneventful one at that.

Once we landed at GZT, we quickly found ourselves a taxi to take us to our hotel, which is centrally located in the city … about 13 miles from the airport. Our cab driver must have been a rally driver in his former life!!! With little traffic along the way, we made it into the city in record time.

We’ll be in Gaziantep for a couple of days of sightseeing on our own before the whirlwind tour we organized. We’ll be taking Deniz to many of the places we visited in 2018, but hope to see a few places that are new to us as well.Read more