Thuy Nguyen, 25 years old, currently lives and works in Germany.
Traditional Turkish costume costs 3 USD.
Visiting sites
As soon as I got off the plane to Istanbul, I felt like I was in Vietnam.
The first tourist destination I visited was the heart of the city, Sultanahmet Meydani.
The next destination is the 1,510 m long Bosphorus suspension bridge, one of the longest bridges in Europe, connecting the Marmara Sea and the Black Sea.
Coming to Cappadocia, I felt like I was lost in a fairy tale because the scenery was so beautiful, majestic and magnificent.
A peaceful little corner in Cappadocia that Thuy loves.
The first activity worth trying is riding a horse or camel to watch the sunrise and sunset in the mountain area.
Trekking in Cappadocia to see the sights is one of the experiences not to be missed.
And the last activity is watching or flying a hot air balloon to catch the sunrise.
Eat, rest
The basic Turkish breakfast usually includes white cheese, olives, butter, kaymak (a creamy, milk-based food), honey, jam, and eggs.
I also ate ice cream at the walking street, for about 30 lira (3 USD), the ice cream wasn’t very good but I still tried it.
A self-guided trip to Türkiye was ‘as easy as candy’ for a Vietnamese girl
Thuy eats ice cream on the streets of Istanbul.
The place I went to eat was the restaurants in Taksim, a busy shopping and dining street with bustling nightlife in Istanbul.
In Cappadocia, I rented a hotel in Göreme.
Tips for traveling to Türkiye
Regarding `virtual living` costumes, you can rent them right in the Göreme area, A1 market.
I booked a hotel room on Booking and `hunted` for cheap air tickets on skyscanner.
People should not exchange a lot of money at the airport, they should only exchange a little enough to have money to pay for a taxi to the hotel, or as a backup.
Except for cheap air tickets, everything here is expensive.
Thuy Nguyen
