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Istanbul

A travel blog entry by dansam2012

... both did a V-Go sailing trip around the same area we had done ours. These two were so much fun and we instantly became friends. Memo gets us all up on the dance floor for a bit of Turkish Dancing and then we all get a taxi and make our way to a roof top bar in the city. The rest of the night was great gun! We had a amazing 3 weeks in Turkey and would definitely come back to do some other places we missed out on. � � Next destination - Santorini Island, ...

Istanbul: Concert Central

A travel blog entry by koppers

... the first in a series of concerts we'd attend over the next month:

Feist was on August 25th and was a lovely show with a small crowd so we were able to really appreciate it.
On September 8th we saw the Red Hot Chili Peppers while in the midst of an obscenely large crowd of 30,000+ at a terribly suited venue -- great show though!
On a very unseasonable Friday, September 28th, we took a ferry to a venue on the Bosphorus to see an amazing show ...

Nargileh Contemplations: Istanbul Days 3-6

A travel blog entry by shane0620

... I have coming up in solitary contemplation if I have any hope of achieving whatever realizations I'm hoping to reach on this trip...

We ended the night in a taxi, racing along the Bosphorus Strait at 03.30, listening to Brittney Spears. Even when you feel as far away from home as possible, American can always come around and slap you in the face when you least expect it.

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6/13/12 - 10.00

"Shane, I'm so excited to be along for one of your ...

It isn't just about the destination

A travel blog entry by julie.tennett

... This is actually the food of Cappadocia (where we'd just come from). In his bid to win business the beers were discounted, meze (starters) thrown in, and a complimentary bowl of fruit to wrap it up. Our entertainment whilst we ate was watching this fellow in action - fortunately for the kitchen he did a great job and kept it a very busy evening.

All in all an interesting day without the same energy expenditure we'd had in the previous few days.

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Ottomans and All the Men, Part I

A travel blog entry by melepua

... 1am and someone came onto the bus to stamp our passports. All is good, so far. A few minutes later, our bus enters a void, no man’s land, the space between countries. If I disappeared here, no one could ever find me. No one. Ever. We needed to buy travel visas, despite both of us having a visa from our respective European host countries. We left the bus and someone pointed toward this large building standing far, far away, across empty lanes ...

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