I was visiting my friend in Istanbul and was trying to leave, but then I got on the wrong airport bus and ended up in the middle of the desert. The bus driver didn’t speak English, so he dropped me on the side of the road, where I hitchhiked to the nearby village in Cappadocia.
There, I met this guy named Erkaan, who hosted me in his hostel and took me on a hot air balloon tour! I was 18, it was my first real solo trip. It turned out to be super awesome.