 | Extension Day One
2001-04-09, Istanbul, Turkey. By: etoile | | Extension Day One
I went to breakfast the next morning, and when I returned to fetch my girlfriend we decided to return to Topkapi Sarayi. The cab driver played Turkish music on the way, and point... |
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| Travel and Istanbul
2001-04-08, Istanbul, Turkey. By: etoile | | Travel and Istanbul
The bus left at 7:30am for Istanbul, and we arrived around 2:00pm. I convinced my girlfriend to go to McDonald's for lunch, and we found they play loud Muzak versions of old En... |
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| Travel and Ankara
2001-04-07, Ankara, Turkey. By: etoile | | Travel and Ankara
We rode to Ankara the next morning, and had lunch just outside the city. We were only scheduled to see Anit Kabir (Atatürk's mausoleum), but our guide decided to move the museum ... |
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| Cappadocia Day Two
2001-04-06, Cappadocia, Turkey. By: etoile | | Cappadocia Day Two
We left at 9am to see Maziköy, one of Cappadocia's underground cities. It takes a lot more imagination to picture ancient civilizations there; everything is much more crude than... |
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| Cappadocia Day One
2001-04-05, Cappadocia, Turkey. By: etoile | | Cappadocia Day One
Now that we've come inland a bit, it's easier to get away with wearing only one shirt. In the larger coastal cities, if we wore just a turtleneck or t-shirt all the men stared a... |
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| Travel and Konya
2001-04-04, Cappadocia, Turkey. By: etoile | | Travel and Konya
We were on the road at 7:30 the next morning, and I managed to get a short nap on the bus. I don't have much problem sitting still, but sometimes I run out of activities. I have ... |
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| Antalya
2001-04-03, Antalya, Turkey. By: etoile | | Antalya
In the morning about 20 of us did the optional tour to Perge and Aspendos. I wasn't particularly impessed with Perge. It's just like all the other ruins we've seen, and we were there for ... |
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| Travel and Myra
2001-04-02, Antalya, Turkey. By: etoile | | Travel and Myra
Our wake-up call came at 5:30 and we had eaten and checked out by 6:45. We had a bit of panic when it seemed that one of our bags had been lost, but we finally got them to unload s... |
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| Pamukkale
2001-04-01, Pamukkale, Turkey. By: etoile | | Pamukkale
We went to Aphrodesius in the morning with about two-thirds of the group. On the way we encountered traffic police in the middle of the road pulling everyone over - there were two or thr... |
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| Travel and Miletus
2001-03-31, Pamukkale, Turkey. By: etoile | | Travel and Miletus
The first bus ride of the day was fairly short: we went to a carpet-making school. We saw the entire process in reverse - the girls working at the looms, how the yarn is dyed an... |
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| From Kusadasi
2001-03-30, Kusadasi, Turkey. By: etoile | | From Kusadasi
I had seen Adaland on the way into town the previous night, but got a better view of it in the morning. It's a water amusement park - we didn't get to go, of course - but what's rema... |
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| Travel and Pergamum
2001-03-29, Kusadasi, Turkey. By: etoile | | Travel and Pergamum
We woke up early again this morning and got back on the bus. I was more awake than the previous time we had to be up so early, but our guide didn't say much early in the trip s... |
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 | Troy and Çanakkale
2001-03-28, Çanakkale, Turkey. By: etoile | | Troy and Çanakkale
Breakfast was the same as it had been daily in Istanbul. Tomatoes, cucumber, olives, and sliced cheese are always available. There is a selection of buns, all of them fairly sm... |
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 | Travel and Bursa
2001-03-27, Çanakkale, Turkey. By: etoile | | Travel and Bursa
We were up early the next morning, and on the road by 7:30am. I found the Turkish countryside suprisingly lovely - I'm not usually a fan of scenic vistas, but the mountains and fa... |
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| Istanbul Day Three
2001-03-26, Istanbul, Turkey. By: etoile | | Istanbul Day Three
All of the possible size-related superlatives apply to Istanbul. It's huge, immense, colossal. The city is very dense, and there is a lot of it. Our guide tells us there are 1... |
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| Istanbul Day Two
2001-03-25, Istanbul, Turkey. By: etoile | | Istanbul Day Two
We slept even later the next morning, and really had to rush. Our first stop was the Kariye Müzesi (Museum), originally the Chora Church, which has mosaics and frescoes depicting ... |
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 | Istanbul Day One
2001-03-24, Istanbul, Turkey. By: etoile | | Istanbul Day One
We overslept a little bit the next day, so we could only grab a quick breakfast before rushing to meet our group. Our first stop was the Hippodrome, which didn't really look like ... |
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| Amsterdam to Istanbul
2001-03-23, Istanbul, Turkey. By: etoile | | Schiphol
We arrived at an E-terminal gate at Schiphol, and expected to find our flight at nearby E10. No such luck, though, the gate had been changed to D48 - which of course was at the far end of... |
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 | Hello, Yes Please!
2002-10-04, Turkey, Turkey. By: roadshow | | See, it got your attention too! This single phrase is THE calling card of the Turkish salespeople who don’t speak a lot of English, but want you to come over and look at their wares.
These salespe... |
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| Galipoli and ANZAC - A History Lesson
2002-10-04, Canakkale, Turkey. By: roadshow | | After Istanbul, we spent a couple of days in Bursa, another major urban centre. At one time, Bursa was the last stop on the Silk Road from the Orient. From Bursa, we headed west to Canakkale on the ... |
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| Money Sense
2002-10-04, Turkey, Turkey. By: roadshow | | Ever whine about mortgage rates, rent increases, or talk about how much a chocolate bar cost when you were a kid? Well, don’t cry to a Turk!
Cast your mind back to 1980 when a chocolate bar cost a... |
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| Natashas
2002-10-04, Istanbul, Turkey. By: roadshow | | Our travel book says that one of the best experiences in Istanbul is to have tea with the locals. We had another opportunity to partake of this experience when we hired a guide to show us around a hi... |
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| Introduction to Istanbul
2002-10-04, Istanbul, Turkey. By: roadshow | | We spent 5 days in Istanbul and could have spent more. Churches, mosques, palaces, bazaars and cisterns were gradually ticked off the ‘must see’ list. We even took a cruise up the Bosphorous, which ... |
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 | A wonderful trip to a wonderful country
2002-04-28, Antalya, Turkey. By: goodspkr | | We arrived in Antalya airport at 8 PM. The first impression after getting off the plane and going to Passport/Visa control was of a large round room with facsimiles of ancient Roman and Greek statues.... |
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 | Alanya and great 40 degree heat!
1999-01-07, Alanya, Turkey. By: jimi | | I visited Alanya in Turkey just before my army service at July 1998. Next day when I retured was signing into army... not a very pleasant day. |
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