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Toque Please, We be in Istanbul

A travel blog entry by asheevk

I was so excited to be going to Istanbul, it is afterall where my paternal Grandfather grew up (although that is not where he was born). Istanbul was also on my bucket lists of places I wanted to see, so as an alternate destination it was a great choice for me. Rochelle has been to Istanbul many times, but for me it was my first time! Yay
Once we arrived in Istanbul we needed to wait for the general call for all passengers before we could get off the ship and go into ...

Turk a Lurk

A travel blog entry by levinson5

... do, where we should eat, is there anything good for kids...etc. We had a nice chat and then I received these amazing notes from Ann (mom) and some pointers from Harvey. In another email communication, David told me to reach out a month before so he could connect us with Mustafa, a business associate and friend. Mustafa wrote me right away and asked me for details of when we were arriving and he insisted to arrange to pick us up.

Little did ...

What a Day!

A travel blog entry by muggie

... We gathered our backpacks and walked the 500 metres to where we were directed and what a sight met us. It seemed that every kiwi and Aussie in Europe had converged on the same gate at the same time. There must have been 2000 people in the queue and they were letting them through 50 at a time. We were in that line for 2 1/2 hours! When they finally got to us we walked the next 500 metres only to be met with security lines another 200 metres long. The guys got through ...

18th October Istanbul- Turkey

A travel blog entry by edwardsoverland

... set off for food and a beer and after paying €4 for a small bottle of beer we headed back to finish our 50c Albanian beer instead! Being in town we did expect some noise but we didn’t expect to be woken at 3am to look out at a huge group of men talking/shouting and listen while someone barffed up outside our door!! Let’s just say we got no sleep and first light we were off for the Turkish border in the hope that they would let us out of Greece ...

Chapter Seven - On the way to Ankara

A travel blog entry by mmbcross

... and views of the illuminated city on both sides of the waterway. The ferry drops us right at the entrance to the station. It has taken us just 35 minutes to go from Europe to Asia, all for the princely sum of 4 lire (US$ 2.20) each.

Just a minute! What did I say?

“We are in Asia, everyone! We are in Asia!”

“I still don’t see any Chinamen” remarks Miryam. ...