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Turkey Talk

Thu, 6 Dec 2007 | By andrewalex | Views [535] | Comments [14]

This blog is sponsored by: SleepingInAirports.com “SleepingInAirports.com. A Guide to Cheap Lodging for Cheap People.”   Thank you, Sleepinginairports.com. You helped us choose our airport well. It really wasn’t ... Read more >

Tags: Markets

bazaars and baths

Wed, 4 Feb 2009 | By jess_dan | Views [166] | Comments [9]

Dear all, at the end of another great day in istanbul, and it seems by the end of the day we crammed so much in. Today we were woken early, our 6 bed dorm (5 girls + dan) slept with the window open cz it was a little sticky. But that meant at 7am ... Read more >

Turkey, highs and lows

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 | By disco | Views [406] | Comments [8]

Turkey is a cool place.  Actually I should probably refer to it as Istanbul, because I hear Istanbul is quite different from the rest of Turkey.  Anyway it was great but a little different than I expected.  It was more westernised than I imagined, and ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Red sky at night, Turkish delight

Sun, 28 Oct 2001 | By stowaway | Views [1343] | Comments [7]

We left Greece and after a long and annoying border check, we entered Turkey and drove to Instanbul. I had 3 days there to wander around and went to the Blue mosque and St Sofia and lots of museums (such as the archaeological museum, the museum ... Read more >

Tags: food & eating, turkey, istanbul, anzac, blue mosque, troy, belly dancers, termessos, olimpos

Leave of Absence

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 | By andrewalex | Views [278] | Comments [7]

Hi Everyone, We are setting off for a seven day trip to Central Turkey and will not be blogging in the mean time.  We realize that some people will comment that this is no longer a lapse than usual, so we will preemptively tell them that Central Turkey ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

ANZAC Day, Gallipoli 2007

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 | By bundynbeaches | Views [2498] | Comments [5]

A morning and day that is hard to put into words ........       Moving. Enlightening. Emotional. Shocking. Proud to be Australian. Eye opening.   Every Aussie and Kiwi should do the trip if they have half the chance. I used to pride myself on knowing ... Read more >

Tags: culture

Annie's Guest Blog

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 | By andrewalex | Views [600] | Comments [5]

Meraba! Hello all! Guess where I am?? I’m HERE! I’m in the BLOG! Yes, I’ve made it to the other side, folks. I’m visiting Alex and Andrew in a small suburb of Oklahoma City, where we mostly watch “Nick at Nite,” ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

The Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Turkey

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 | By andrewalex | Views [584] | Comments [5]

Actually, not only were we punishing Richard for pestering us to post, but our internet went down for a little bit, from what we are told is part of an ISP strike that is going on right now. Yes, the strikes are striking in Istanbul to. Anyway, since ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Impressions of the End of the Orient Express

Fri, 4 Jul 2008 | By climberchris | Views [238] | Comments [5]

Steam swirled around legs as I stepped elegantly off the carriage, momentarily casting my flannel walkıng suıt in monotone grey. Harrıed porters hurrıed past, theır shouts mınglıng wıth the clanking engıne and the pop and hıss of coolıng metal. The ... Read more >

To the Black Sea

Sat, 7 Feb 2009 | By jess_dan | Views [187] | Comments [5]

Dear all, Thankyou so much for all the birthday wishes. I had a really nice day, woke earlyish and dan had carried some pressies from home to turkey. So it was nice to open some presents in the morning, thankyou mum,dad,grandma &  granpa,the barings,millots ... Read more >

Samsun

Wed, 9 Jul 2008 | By lu_cristina | Views [169] | Comments [5]

Chegueı em Samsun no dıa 7 a noıte..os paıs da Elıf já estavam no aeroporto me esperando. De lá fomos dıreto à um restaurante que fıca no topo da cıdade. A vısta é lında lá do alto! No outro dıa passeı uma tarde de madame na pıscına hehehhe... (desculpaaaa, ... Read more >

Bath Time!

Fri, 2 Nov 2001 | By stowaway | Views [2003] | Comments [4]

Today we visited Cappadocia, a large area of amazing rock formations & underground cities carved straight out of the soft rock. One area we visited had 11 levels - 3 floors above ground carved into the cliff, and 8 levels below ground! A bit ... Read more >

Tags: relaxation, bath, turkey, turkish massage, cappodocia, massage, underground city

Efes & Selcuk

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 | By andrewalex | Views [558] | Comments [4]

With only two and a half weeks left in Istanbul, we realized if we didn’t get our acts together soon, we would be spending the entire five weeks of our time in Istanbul. Not that we would complain mind you, we tend to be on the lazy side, but ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Wet clothes and an 11 hour bus ride

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 | By larasumera | Views [234] | Comments [4]

Hello world! I have been so unfaithful about writing!  Sorry!  So at the moment we are in Cappadocia in a small town called Goreme.  We are sleeping in a cave hostel!  It's so cool.  I can't believe I didn't know about this place before coming to ... Read more >

Turquıe a l'horızon !

Wed, 4 Mar 2009 | By alpha_ | Views [209] | Comments [4]

Coucou tout le monde ! Cette foıs en Francaıs orıgınal, orıgınal cela veut dıre que l'artıcle est pense en Francaıs, par contre ıl est bourre de fautes et de lettres bışare...ğçö ( sorry for the englısh speakers, the translatıon ıs commıng soon) ... Read more >

Istanbul to Constantinople

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By larasumera | Views [181] | Comments [4]

I want to learn Arabic.  It is everywhere, on every mosque.  The Koran is aesthetically beautiful because of it.  Arabic looks like music sounds and how poetry feels. Back in a big city after two weeks of dead Grecian islands and small tourist towns.... Read more >

To SoCal

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 | By larasumera | Views [148] | Comments [4]

First of all, everyone in the SoCal area, we are praying hard for you all. I was going to blog tonight, but after hearing about the fires, it will have to wait.  We are in Turkey, in Selçuk, and safe...but our hearts and thoughts are on SoCal.

Leather jacket with your coffee, sir?

Sun, 4 Oct 2009 | By nik_and_leon | Views [75] | Comments [4]

Well, this time the jube is me!! Thought İ`d try a bit of haggling in the Kapali Carsi - the Grand Bazaar of İstanbul - only to find out that İ suck and Nunu is much better. İ thought İ whispered to Nunu that the leather jackets looked nice, but SWOOP! ... Read more >

Tags: jube

Flying High in Kapadokya

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 | By andrewalex | Views [600] | Comments [3]

Today on Alex & Andrew’s Blog is part two of our trip across Turkey, which was probably our favorite.   When you last joined us, we were traveling from Selcuk to Goreme on a 10 hour night bus.   This bus was not as nice as the ride from Istanbul ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Chapter 2: Acquaintances Old & New

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 | By goreme1990 | Views [530] | Comments [3]

In early August, 2002, we arrived at Istanbul Airport. When we got off the plane and out into the open we just stood for a while, breathing in the summer air. The airport hadn’t changed but we had. Old hands, we knew if we just waited long enough, ... Read more >

Tags: goreme, cappadocia, kayseri, turkey, lisa morrow, travel

A hunt for canned pumpkin...and then there was this camel...

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By larasumera | Views [267] | Comments [3]

Happy Turkey Day from Turkey! This is my Thanksgiving Day... First, we decide that we need to find pumpkin, because though no one here knows or cares about Thanksgiving, we are very homesick.  But we are in Goreme, which is a little tiny town of ... Read more >

Two Sugars and a Dream

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 | By larasumera | Views [162] | Comments [3]

It has been decided for some time that Erıca and I are going to start a tea/coffee/wıne cafe.  But we never knew what to call it.  Tonight, after a Turkısh local taught us how to pronounce "Thank You" ın Turkısh ("teşekkür ederim"... Read more >

Istanbul- here and free!

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 | By imalivewhen | Views [142] | Comments [3]

From the wonderfully easy Istanbul airport, I took a bus to Aksaray, hopped off and looked lost enough to be directed to a tram station connecting me to this hostel in Cemberlitas. There are little accents under the c and s. Checked into a seven bed ... Read more >

No plans, no worries.

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 | By larasumera | Views [141] | Comments [3]

So we are still here in Goreme, Cappadocia.  We keep meaning to leave, and we keep deciding to stay one more night.  The 11 hour bus ride to Istanbul will have to wait, and at least we will have dry-ish clothes.  It's kind of nice with no schedules ... Read more >

Depoıs de muıto tempo... hehehe Istanbul de novo!

Tue, 5 Aug 2008 | By lu_cristina | Views [131] | Comments [3]

Olaaaaaaa Famılıa e amıgos...desculpa a demora para postar....acabou nao dando tempo... fıqueı duas semanas ıncomunıcavel com o grupo de ıntercambıstas em escavaçoes arqueologıcas perto de Bafra (fıca ha 50 mınutos de carro de Samsun).... foı duro..... Read more >


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My favourite shot from Turkey and it was walk the tough climb up. Overlooking 'Pirates Cove' - named for the tourists.

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