Anzac Wooden House Istanbul

... The director was very proud to show me that. We went to the roof with a spectacular view of the city. In front of the Lycee was a fruit vendor with the best pomegranates. See photos. Note green boots please.
I went to a cafe across from the school with Julide and had lentil soup and turkish coffee. The lentil soup is always good so far.

Then back to the hotel to rest for a minute and then walked to Club Babylon to hear Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman and Andrew ...

... if you want coffee you pay for it. We are on the west coast of Phuket in a small town called Kata Noi and will be moving on to the town of Phuket for tomorrow night. It's monsoon season on this side of the island but so far we haven't seen any rain; it does mean that there are waves at this time and the no swimming red flags are out in force. The beaches are very pretty and the breeze along the water is welcome in this heat! Tomorrow we take a one day ...

... hall, there are swords from many of the prophets (both Christian and Islamic). The piece d'resitance though is behind two panes of glass and encased in a gold box: it is a letter from the prophet Mohammad. But it is so old its only picture is a circa 1970 guide book shot which shows it tattered and with holes. How authentic are these objects? Well, we wondered that as well and apparently the Muslim world seems to think they are the real deal since ...

... coast to camp on the beach and have a BBQ. The spot on the coast we were headed for wasn't that nice but we eventually found a place with no curious locals and a bit of grass away from the beach to camp on. We had a nice BBQ and a massive campfire and a bit of a party. The next day we headed for Istanbul and had a great time trying to squeeze the truck through to our hostel which is right near the Hagia Sofya. Luckily our ...

... on due to some bad fermented carrot juýce they drank. What the hell ýs fermented carrot juýce anyway? Any why would anyone drýnk ýt? No one else wanted to do anythýng so I just walked around the harbour bymyslef for a few hours. Before I returned to thehostel, I went to výsýt the Blue Mosque as ýt ýs even more beautýful durýng the nýght. I called ýt a nýght at mýdnýght. I wýll spend 1 more day ýn Istanbul and then move on. Dýno Vagabond

... turn to Julie, smiling and eyelashes fluttering and ask what she'd like. This would be a recurring theme. Hmmm. The food is very good. Quite a change moving from a rice, noodle, soup and vegetable based diet to one of meat and bread. Lots of bread! As much as you want. No charge. I think I've even come to prefer the former (asian) and it didn't take long for me to start to miss it. Durum, what we call donar at home are yummy and cheap at ...

... conspiracy theory. Believe it or not, there really isn't much of an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory culture in Sioux City, nor in Iowa, nor really even in Midwestern America. Sure, this kind of prejudice certainly exists everywhere, but it's really something that a person keeps to himself because something deep down inside him recognizes that it's not acceptable to feel, and especially not to espouse, illogical and unfounded prejudice. I was on ...

... It was also very warm down there, so we lingered for quite a while. After that we needed something to eat, so we did the right thing and asked a carpet salesman who was trying to con us into going to his 'carpet exhibition' (exhibition pigs ****...). He did us a favour though because he sent us to a very unassuming kebab place where we had a sumptuous feast. We shared a meze plate with fresh pita bread, garlic dip, chicken shishkebab, eggplant and ...

... TURKEY LIRA BUT THE MERCHANTS DID NOT WANT THEM - THEY WANTED EURO'S (WHICH I DID HAVE) OR USA DOLLARS (WHICH I DID NOT HAVE) TURKEY IS A VERY INTERESTING PLACE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN THE CENTRE OF 5 CIVILIZATIONS: - GREEK 656BC to 100BC - ROMAN 100BC to 476BC - BYZANTINE 476AD to 1452BC - OTTOMAN EMPIRE 1452AD to 1923AD - MODERN DAY TURKEY, PART OF THE MODERN WORLD - OR AT LEAST TRYING TO BE. MANY ANCIENT, HISTORIC ...