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Sun, 25 Apr 2010 | By demilo | Views [332]
Right now I'm so tired, drained, overwhelmed and physically exhausted but what I'm feeling pales in comparison to what the ANZACs must have gone through. More than anything I am grateful that I was able to share the experience with my wonderful Kiwi ... Read more >
Sun, 25 Apr 2010 | By copperowl | Views [1336]
The Turks call is Gelibolu, and our tour guide called it Gally Polly. You know where I'm talking about. But we aren't there yet, so let's go back to Rome. Our air-flight was on time and all seemed to be going smoothly. But half an hour after we had ... Read more >
Sun, 11 Apr 2010 | By copperowl | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 11 Apr 2010 | By copperowl | Views [539] | Comments [3]
Today we have been in Istanbul and it has been amazing. Lots more climbing steps - we are becoming experts. Not. But it has been worth it to see the Blue Mosque - decorated inside with blue tiles and calligraphy and just gorgeous. We also went to Sancta ... Read more >
Sat, 13 Feb 2010 | By trailstomper64 | Views [680] | Comments [2]
Turkey. Such a funny name for such an intriguing country. I mean, who really names their country after a bird? I guess it's not like they planned to name it after a bird considering that English isn't one of their native languages. For all I know, United ... Read more >
Tags: adventuring spirit, escapades, exotic, honeymoon, the road untraveled, turkey
Thu, 28 Jan 2010 | By mandyhix | Views [351] | Comments [1]
I arrived in Istanbul in a snow storm. The airport was almost shutdown
but I made it in after a 3 hour delay in Frankfurt. It is completely
different since the last time I was here. Before I was a 20 year old
kid who had just finished a year in ... Read more >
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 | By tonielle_krisanski | Views [1201] | Comments [1]
East Turkey So after an amazing night bus (note the sarcasm), Justin and I arrived in Malayta (or more like were dumped at the side of a main road) at seven in the morning. After finding some breakfast, we followed the “Tourism Info” signs through ... Read more >
Tags: diyarbakir, gaziantep, malayta, mount nemrut
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [4050] | Video
Location: Sports stadium, Konya, Turkey Dates: 10–17 December Level of Participation: 1 – be mesmerised as the dervishes whirl Description: In the Islamic world the 13th-century Sufi poet Celaleddin ... Read more >
Tags: turkey, whirling dervishes festival, world festivals
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 | By ioana | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 1 Nov 2009 | By tonielle_krisanski | Views [1208]
Selçuk to Capadocia. After Gallipoli, I had an eight-hour bus to Selçuk where I stayed at a fantastic hostel called Allita’s Getaway. I had one day of sightseeing out to a small fruit wine town called Siringe, and saw a few ruins in town and then ... Read more >
Tags: capadocia, dervish soldiers, ephesus, fethieye, flinstones, goreme, horse riding, hospital visits, konya, selçuk
Sat, 24 Oct 2009 | By kiara19 | Views [995]
tArriving in Turkey I donated my long sleeve, appropriate middle eastern attire to an orphanage and decided to wear less clothing!! Sounds bad but Turkey is much more contemporary and I was truly sick of wearing the 'camel top' as it became called because ... Read more >
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 | By tonielle_krisanski | Views [3221] | Comments [1]
I’ve always been fascinated and horrified by the story of the ANZACS of Gallipoli, and today I had the chance to relive the story on a tour of the battlefields in Gallipoli, Turkey.
Our tour guide Bülent is one of the best, (the Australian Government ... Read more >
Tags: anzacs, ecebat, gallipoli, history, turkey, war memorials, world war one
Sat, 17 Oct 2009 | By jmmal2 | Views [649] | Comments [2]
We weren't quite sure what to expect from Turkey but we were quite pleased. The people were the most friendly and helpful we have met through Europe, and definately the cheapest country which was great as our British pounds started to dwindle... Started ... Read more >
Wed, 14 Oct 2009 | By tonielle_krisanski | Views [1146]
After almost three months in Lagos, Portugal working behind a Portuguese bar, I left the warm beautiful beaches (where I’d only seen rain twice) to get on a plane that landed in a rainy, cold London. I spent a week here, staying with Leah who I met ... Read more >
Tags: aya sophia, bacilica cistern, blue mosque, bosphorus, grand bazaar, istanbul, london, taxim square, turkey
Wed, 14 Oct 2009 | By gumerg | Views [790]
Esto se acaba. Es nuestra tercera visita a Estambul y la encontramos muy cambiada. La ultima vez que pasamos por aqui fue en el 2000 y ahora hay como miles de turistas mas. Colas pàra entrar a Topkapi, colas para Santa Sofia, y colas para entrar en ... Read more >
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