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I can see green again!
Jul 15, 2007
"Left Syria today and arrived in Antakya, Turkey with my group. The city is tucked into and running up some beautiful mountains. It is such a nice change to ha ..."
A travel blog entry from Antakya by
tracystravels
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Istanbul not Constantinople
Feb 21, 2006
(5 photos)
"We made it! I am exhausted and totally ready to go to bed. The Representative from Friendly Planet met us at the airport and loaded us onto a bus and took us to the Point Hotel nea ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
coryandlaura
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And We're off
Jun 15, 2007
"Yes folks it has finally happened. Finally we have done everything that was needed to be done and we are off. Tomorrow (Friday) we fly to Turkey for a two week sun dren ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalaman by
marshallmatters
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Constantinople...
Jan 8, 2008
(60 photos)
"Well, I think the easiest way to write this journal is to divide our time in Istanbul and our trip to Gallipoli and Troy, even though it wasn't consecutive. After a few bumps ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
canaussie
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just who were the Ottomans?
Dec 9, 2007
(66 photos)
"And a different world it is. We arrive in Turkey to smiles and welcomes, and offerings of a seat and a ride and tea, to different clothing, to women with heads covered. ..."
A travel blog entry from Ayvalik by
rawhideone
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Of taxis and tea
Nov 11, 2007
(2 photos)
"Our flight from Singapore left at 11:35 a night and flew via Dubai so by the time we arrived at Istanbul we were all pretty tired. The girls, as usual were star travelers. We jumpe ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
guykb
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Toutville
Sep 18, 2007
(4 photos)
"· Istanbul, Turkey · GMT +2:00 hours Entry to follow..... ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
byrnedm
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Onward to Istanbul
Jun 20, 2007
(38 photos)
"Andrea: We awoke early this morning to get to the airport for our flight to Istanbul. I am so sad to leave this bed! I wish I could pack it up and send it home..... What can you do ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
romero
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Goreme (blog)
May 4, 2007
(67 photos)
"Turkey has been by far the best country so far but that isn't fair as we have stayed as much time here as we did the whole of Europe. I am sitting in an internet cafe in Goreme thi ..."
A travel blog entry from Goreme by
martyt
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Through Ismir
Jul 2, 2007
(1 photo)
"So, we made it to Ismir. We had to find our way from the international terminal to the domestic terminal. These terminals are not connected, so it was a bit of a hike. Along the wa ..."
A travel blog entry from Ismir by
3beansabroad
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Shenshashional Sanliurfa
Jul 29, 2007
(3 photos)
"Our bus to Antakya, Turkey, leaves at the anti-social time of 4.30am, perhaps to avoid traffic at the border. Each time we cross a border here in the Middle East, the new cou ..."
A travel blog entry from Sanliurfa by
jambo
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Its Istanbul not Constantinople
Sep 14, 2006
(10 photos)
"Flying into Istanbul was the start of an amazing realization of the size of this city. We were directly over the city 30 minutes prior to landing, and we still appeared to be in de ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
hancocjb
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More Istanbul
Jun 11, 2006
"So... where did I leave off last time... the posh conference we crashed. The next day we decided would be a good day to travel up the bosphorous straight by boat and set our feet o ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
gtrob
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Istanbul (not Constantinople)
Aug 28, 2006
(2 photos)
"I think I will occasional type of segments of my journal for my entries (if only because I am so far behind, and have been in these places a couple of months ago). I think it will ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
djchurch
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Whew!
Nov 2, 2006
(2 photos)
"I am sitting in the Istanbul hostel typing this as U2's song "one" plays in the background. (i didn't even request it!) It has made me think of mentioning to you that the children ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
janda
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Istanbul or Constantinople ?
Jul 8, 2006
(18 photos)
"Istanbul.. Finally. To say we were looking forward to getting to Istanbul is a grose understatement. Not that we were sick of Eastern Europe by any stretch of the imagination. We w ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
natandkat
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Turkish delights in Istanbul.
Aug 9, 2006
(12 photos)
"He Said: We had a bit of a marathon run in getting to Turkey. Our flight on Air Malta was a red-eye, departing at 1:00am and arriving at 4:30am. So after getting no sleep, we had t ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
globedecker
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Athens to Istanbul
Dec 27, 2005
(19 photos)
"Travel Information Athens - Istanbul price: 33 € duration: 24 h carrier: OSE hints: you will not arrive on time. the border crossing to turkey takes forever. Greek people call ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
yellowdragon
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Slight Misunderstanding
Aug 9, 2006
(2 photos)
"Today we were finally heading to Turkey and we were pretty excited. We had to be up fairly early and when we arrived at the terminal we found ourselves to be the only ones around a ..."
A travel blog entry from Marmaris by
eatdessertfirst
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Bodrum
Oct 16, 2000
(8 photos)
" We arrived in Kusadasi port to another hefty port tax, although we didn't need a visa to the bemusement of the aussies on the boat. We also encounted considerable lighter form of ..."
A travel blog entry from Bodrum by
jag
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Arrived in Istanbul
Aug 2, 2005
(8 photos)
"We arrived finally in Istanbul after a reallylong tiering trip, the flight from London was great, tons of legroom and our own little TV screens!! We transferred in Athens without a ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
alinmattrtw2005
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Departure day (sorry its late - no internet)
Apr 23, 2005
(2 photos)
"Apologıes for not writing sooner - an ınsecure, bıtter ball of meglomanıa as a tour guıde and a cheap arsed tour company meant I haven't seen an internet cafe till t ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
tommy
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5 bombs in 24 hours? Let's go there...
Aug 30, 2006
(24 photos)
"Chapter I:Mark:Travelpod Entry 41:Verses 4-17 Mark's letter to the Ephesians: And followeth the trying journey, Mark did so to the Ephesians pen: " Hey Ephesians! What up? Long tim ..."
A travel blog entry from Kusadasi-Effesus by
marktjhung
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Istanbul - Our last stop in Europe
May 22, 2006
(17 photos)
" Amy and I weren't sure what to expect of Istanbul, but we found it to be very modern and quite clean, like any major city in Europe...and there are no donkeys (or their crap) anyw ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
edamame
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The Underground City and the Flinstones.....
Nov 25, 2005
(11 photos)
"Here we are ın the crazy land of Turkey. Agaın ıts the land of sales and we have been to see carpets and pottery. They gıve you free beer whılst the ıs the demonstratıon. Thıs seem ..."
A travel blog entry from Goreme by
antandrel
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Warmer Climes
Oct 8, 2005
(27 photos)
""Mama Katrin" ensured we packed a lunch for our travels and saw us off at the Rotenburg train station. We are so happy we made the trip back to see her and suggested to her that we ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
kimandmartin
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Kayseri - A wish come true
Oct 21, 2005
"So İ am currently in the airport in İstanbul (headed to Dubaı)where it is very difficult to type. Punctuation and the letter i take a series of keys to make them appear. But back t ..."
A travel blog entry from Kayseri by
kimberlysarna
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Istanbul
Aug 16, 2005
(13 photos)
"On our luxury Greek train we spotted a blondie wearing thai pants (trousers). At the Greek/Turkish border crossing we noticed her Brit passport and started chatting to her. She was ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
lucinate
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Gallipoli
Oct 17, 2005
(9 photos)
"We arrived in Istanbul rather tired from our flight and aware that we needed to be up early the next day (and every day after that!) so didn't really look around Istanbul. We had u ..."
A travel blog entry from Eceabat (Gallipoli) by
heatheravan
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Hedon: Turkish epicurian delights
Apr 1, 2006
(17 photos)
"Well, I think I just might have stumbled one of the best little backpacker secrets of the Mediterranean during my last stop and against better judgement I'm going to write about it ..."
A travel blog entry from Hedon by
technotrekker
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Erzurum
Feb 22, 2008
(3 photos)
"From Trabzon to Diyarbakir is a two-legged bus journey with a stop in Erzurum, high on the Anatolian Plateau. The journey crosses the entire snowy plateau from north to south ..."
A travel blog entry from Erzurum by
lraleigh
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The Turqoise coast
Oct 17, 2005
(4 photos)
"After surviving our overnight ferry from Naxos to Samos (we had to resort to sleepıng on the deck - at least those Nepal sleepıng bags paıd off) we had to spend a day on the green ..."
A travel blog entry from Kas and Olympos by
mightylongway
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From Europe to Asia, twice
Feb 28, 2004
"... in which the author crosses Asia from west to east... TO ASIA After a couple of hectic days of packing my belongings into boxes and moving them into storage, visiting family in ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
jeroen
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Fırst Stop: Isatanbul
Sep 3, 2004
(1 photo)
"Hı From Turkey... After a long journey, we made ıt wıthout a hıtch. We love Istanbul! Easy to get around, lots to see and do, clean and great food. The harbor where the Bosphorus, ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
donstump1
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On the Edge of Europe
Mar 23, 2005
(5 photos)
"On arrival in Istanbul one would think that the favourite band of Turkey is the Pet Shop Boys, particularly the song "Go West!" I say this because this country is clearly seized wi ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
barrettbingley
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Hades and Other Greek Gods
Sep 12, 2004
(26 photos)
"I'm not sure how I did it, but I survived the Smithsonian tour. "By tomorrow we should be on the island of Delos..." Famous last words. Our tour leaders were incredibly resourceful ..."
A travel blog entry from Izmir by
jesshiggins
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Travels in Turkey (a.k.a the chicken place)
Jun 2, 2005
(10 photos)
"Hello everyone, I know I have been very quiet with the diary the last month but I was very busy on the road and decided to write all abut Turkey in one entry! I have had three week ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
sarahwalsh
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Istanbul / Constantinople
Aug 18, 2004
(8 photos)
"Having been in Istanbul just a few hours, Kim and I have fallen deeply in love with the city. I have an fragmentary knowledge of ancient history, and can claim to have read a few o ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
kimandpercy2004
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Turkish Delight!!!
May 20, 2005
(24 photos)
"May 11th - 20th, 2005 She Said: Turkey... "What a Delight!!" I must admit Turkey has never been high on my places to visit for whatever preconceived notions I held and after our ex ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
duke_schewe
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Mosques and Meze...
Aug 11, 2006
(5 photos)
"After all our partying in Bulgaria we were hoping for a more relaxing last week together and so in Istanbul we booked ourselves into a modern apartment in the Changir area. The apa ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
worldofbintang
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Time in Turkey with More Maguires
Jun 2, 2004
(15 photos)
"We left the Kathmandu airport (motto: Surprise! You must pay the $15 exit fee or be trapped forever in the world´s wee-est departure lounge!) for Abu Dhabi, but unfortunately only ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
sarah
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With one foot in Europe and the other in...
May 24, 2007
(37 photos)
"Last year it was Prague and this year Istanbul for our annual work off-site. Both new locations for me as well as excellent selections. Since I last year also managed to visit both ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
stevefn
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More beers in Goreme
Apr 15, 1998
"Sometimes, when you cross over borders, the no mans land can be a fair distance. We had to leave Syria first. Quite simple, a stamp out. That was easy, we then jumped into the truc ..."
A travel blog entry from Goreme by
uncle_davros
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Chapter 44: "My friend owns a carpet shop..."
Jul 18, 2004
(15 photos)
"On Tuesday Jonas and I took the bus from Tanah Rata to KL, and booked into a tiny but clean cell at Anuja Backpacker's Inn near the bus station. Kuala Lumpur was exactly like I rem ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
easyread
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Maguires in Turkey, Oh My!!
Jun 2, 2004
(9 photos)
"After nine long months of not seeing my parents (Ed and Peg, for those who don´t know), they decided to check up on us during our time in Turkey. I´m happy to say that they look gr ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
philthy
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Istanbul
Oct 25, 2003
(16 photos)
"As we were writing this travelog entry, Istanbul was hit by a series of terrorist bombings. Since we are really behind on updating the travelog, we actually were in Bombay when we ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
sharadnsusan
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Geeks, Itchy spots and the Harlem of Istanbul
Oct 16, 2002
"Hi all So now they have found me a job at the private university in istanbul and when I say found the people in the department did not know I was coming till 15 minutes before!! It ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
charlotte
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Istanbul (not constantinople) - another for ...
Jul 12, 2002
(13 photos)
"Istanbul (not Constantinople) - another for my 'Favourite Cities In The World' list. The view from the Orient Hostel rooftop is incredible. The Marmara Sea stretched hazily ahead, ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
catmoj
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Going to Gallipoli
Jul 19, 2005
"OK with this part you need to have the Gallipoli movie song in your head, you know the one when Mel Gibson is running across the field with machine guns firing at him.... (Dint, Di ..."
A travel blog entry from Gallipoli by
jrcormack
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Turkish Delight
Aug 31, 2002
(7 photos)
"This is a short entry on my side trip to Bulgaria, killing time before Linda arrived to meet me in Istanbul. -- Turkish Delight I finally met up with my friend Paul at the Cairo Ai ..."
A travel blog entry from Bulgaria and Turkey by
lucky
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Hi all things in istanbul are going well ...
Nov 7, 2000
"hi all things in istanbul are going well. lots of things to see and do. spent a lot of time just wndering about thre markets etc. spent yesterday at the Topkapi Palace where the su ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
gdrenfrew
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Istanbul, foreign land for foreigners...
Mar 28, 2008
(47 photos)
"Since our lavish adventure on Air France, we boarded our three hour flight from Paris to Istanbul. Jill commented on how CDG (Charles de Gaulle) was so fascinating from an architec ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
patandjill
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Istanbul
Apr 30, 2007
(5 photos)
"ok,this is my plan for first stop. i will fly to istanbul and stay here for two nights. i will visit the Blue Mosque, aya sofya,Topkapi Palace,dolmabahce palace.but i don`t know ho ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
cherleen
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More Turkey Anyone?
Nov 25, 2003
(11 photos)
"Hi all... I can't believe the last time I wrote was before Turkey! Well I know I've seen some of you since then, but heaps has happened since May! Turkey was absolutely fab, I love ..."
A travel blog entry from Marmaris by
erinreine
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Leaving for the UZ!
Jan 18, 2005
"After a long ten hour flight, finally we are here in Istanbul Turkey waiting for our connection flight to Tashkent.. Very excited to drink some Coke-a-cola Light! Too jetlagged to ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
jessteichuz
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ULUDAG SKI CENTER
Jul 21, 2006
(3 photos)
"Uludağ - Bursa - Turkey Season : November-April Best Season : December 20 and 1 March Uludağ is located in the South Marmara Region in Uludağ National Park. It is 36 km - 40 minute ..."
A travel blog entry from Uludag Bursa by
skiinginturkey
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We Have Arrived in Istanbul
May 28, 2008
(19 photos)
"Maybe we jinxed ourselves. Air India from Chicago was posted as delayed for two hours when we arrived at the airport - no big deal. In fact, pretty much par for the cou ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
jon_and_liz
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Enjoying Istanbul with my family!
Jul 18, 2007
(35 photos)
"International flights are directed to a certain part of the airport, so when you land in a new country you are funneled through immigration and customs. After you pick up you ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
spudbraham
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Arrived at last
May 20, 2006
(7 photos)
"Well I arrived in Istanbul two nights ago. My first day was quite a long one. We saw lots. We started by having breakfast at the hotel before catching the bus to go to Sait's frien ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
triskele
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Istanbul!
Jun 4, 2007
""Het is net Engeland", concludeerde Sander uiteindelijk over Roemenie. Ze zijn goed in toetjes en taartjes, maar verder is de locale keuken niet erg hoogstaand. Maar goed in toetje ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
renate
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Ankara
Sep 20, 2004
(1 photo)
"Excursion to the capital. ..."
A travel blog entry from Ankara by
jaredwall
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Istanbul
May 1, 2005
(11 photos)
"Istanbul - I decided to take a few weeks off work to meet friends in Turkey (Lance and Sarah who I had met in South America, and were doing a longer Middle East journey). We ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
jon_lyall
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Istanbul
May 28, 2007
"We were mesmerized by the drive into the city where every turn in the road threw up the vista of another weirdly and wonderfully curved mosque. It seemed as if we had arrived in th ..."
A travel blog entry from Istanbul by
indiantraveler
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İstanbul
Aug 19, 2007
(5 photos)
"Went to İstanbul for the day so we can start our Yacht tour. We had lunch in Asia and then crossed across to Europe for dinner..whils |
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