"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 ..."
"The day we left was the first day of Biram and Ali had his treats out all ready for the children who would be visiting in the afternoon. We said our farewells, exchanged addresses ..."
"As Christianity began to spread throughout the world, its epicenter was Jesus Christ, but the first place where the name Christian came to be was in Antioch, the capital of Rome's ..."
A travel blog entry from Antakya by
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"We arrive in Antakya after a ride away from the green lushishness of Syria's northwestern border and into the more arid and rocky regions of Hatay, this relatively new region of Tu ..."
"Chypre : nous sommes en route . Guevan on arrive !!! Enfin j'espere (on a deja avale 8 de route depuis Petra a 7h00 AM et nous prenons un bus de nuit pour la turquie ce soir). Si t ..."
"Yes, it has finally reached that time when I have to leave Turkey. After the paper article it was just too hard to keep cycling here. For the last week I have had to cycle with a p ..."
"November 15, 2007 Antakya, Turkey Antakya or Hayat (almost every town in Turkey has two names and they both are recognized by the people) was the site of the Biblical Antioch where ..."
"Antakya is the ancient site of Antioch, which sounds so romantic and full of history to me. Well, it's just another city - nothing too special. I stopped briefly to check out the f ..."
"Thursday (November 08) Well not too much to write about today except a day of travel. I thought it would only be a 4 hours bus ride to Antakya fro Urfa but it ended up being ..."
"Theopolis. Founded as Antioch. It was the first city converted to Christianity, indeed, the city in which Christianity was christened, well, as "Christianity." It was renamed by St ..."
Antakya, Turkey
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