tracey l heppner - photographer & lover of life

when i was in turkey shootin for Lonely Planet Philippines magazine, our schedule was jam packed full of wonderfulness! :) one of the areas we toured in was Cappadocia, in the heart of the country. here lie the magical fair chimney homes and it feels like you are in a completely ...

with a new TURKEY tour announced on my Follow Your Heart Tours site, and the fact that i have NOT blogged about my turkey trip, except for it being published in Lonely Planet Philippines magazine, i decided today was as good a day than any to start showing the world ...

i am not one to boast, or gloat or brag. at all.

but i figure with my 40th birthday a week away and the timing of this all, that this was perhaps one good reason to do such things. :)

in november i was asked by a dear friend and ...

the long wait has almost come to an end.

last november i was asked to go on-assignment with Lonely Planet Philippines magazine to Turkey.

i received an email almost 2 weeks ago saying that it was out in print and they were sending me some copies!

i am still awaiting ...

one thing that i dont leave home without anymore is my iPhone 4. not because i have to text. not because i just GOT to check my facebook. but because i have a camera. in my pocket. that i can pull out at any given time and photograph the world ...

many of you know if you are friends with me on facebook that my husband travels alot. it’s part of his job as fund-developer for Gentle Hands, the NGO we volunteer at here in the philippines run by his sister.

someone said to me, you travel a lot too ...

we arrived in istanbul at about 530am on saturday am. and i was in desperate need of turkish coffee to get me thru the long yet anticipated day ahead…

our delightful tour guide, ensar islamoglu, greeted us and we drove into the OLD CITY of istanbul and found turksh coffee ...