G'day Steemit community, I'm the backpacking chef!
G'day Steemit,
My name is Llewellyn or Llew for short.
I'm a chef, backpacker (professional hobo), a hiker, camper, volunteer worker, PADI certified diver, animal lover and a vego for starters.
I'm 27 years old, and left my home and all my possessions in Australia to go and explore the world, meet new and amazing people, experience some very different and fascinating cultures, and of course, live off a very tight budget while enjoying myself. I've been traveling the world for the past year or so with my partner @jessbear (who introduced me to the Steemit community, thanks Jess!!).
Wandering around the endless expanse of Van lake in Turkey
One of my favourite things to do when I'm not cooking, is hiking, and exploring places that are 'off the beaten track'. I'll be giving you a peek at some of these amazing places, as well as tips and ideas on how to travel on a budget!
What I want to share with this community, is some of the recipes I've been taught by locals along the way (especially some traditional Japanese cuisine I've mastered), as well as some of the incredible places I've had the pleasure of visiting such as lakes that are so big, they seem endless to the naked eye, forests that are so lush and green, you'll think you've found another world, and beautiful coral reef filled with turtles, fish and all other kinds of sea creatures.
Some fellow backpackers and I preparing the Japanese dish 'Takoyaki'
Follow me as I explore countries, reveal some tips for traveling on a budget, meet the locals, learn new recipes from them, and do my best to recreate their beautiful dishes
I can't wait to share this all with you :)
Welcome :) Steem can definitely great for you to publish your stories here - have fun :) Resteeming you for some more publicity, greets
Thanks a lot @welcoming, I'm really looking forward to posting some great stories for the community!
Welcome to Steemit my friend...
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Welcome! I also backpacked when I was 26, sadly only lasted 8 months and had to head back home. And enjoyed Turkey tremendously, spent about a month there. Have fun, keep doing it!
Thanks @leighleigh, I'm glad you had such a great experience! Turkey is such an incredible country. I really feel at home here, I'll be continuing my traveling as long as I can!!
Have you been to the Cappadocia region yet, with the fairy chimneys? It's really amazing. My friends and I had quite a nerve wracking experience on our way to Van, because we had hitch hiked part of the way to get to the busstop. The police actually stopped the bus, made us get off and wanted to take our passports! Are they still so strict there in those more remote areas?
Yes I went there just 2 weeks ago, it's such a beautiful place! I had a few really enjoyable hikes around the towns, and loved waking up to the balloons rising with the sun.
I've really come to love hitchhiking in this country. The people are so generous and the Turkish hospitality knows no limits!!
I was in Eastern Turkey around November, and we got stopped a lot in buses for routine searches and passport checks, they've never kept our passports but they take everyone's off them, and don't return them until they've checked them all. It was a bit of a hassle but I can understand why. A lot of neighbouring countries are trying to immigrate illegally with fake syrian passports which is becoming a bit of a problem for the government. So the police searches are very common in the east now. I would say they are usually quite friendly though.
Yes I remember the hospitality so well! We were generally very well treated and taken care of, especially as we were 3 girls :)
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