Travel Blog Photos from Urfa (126)
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... (or maybe freaks?) when kids and grown-ups would come and ask us where we are from and request a photo with us! Turkey was fantastic. It's a truly beautiful country - the sights, people, and food are incredible. There are so many things to see ...
Greetings from Urfa and our last major stop in Turkey (we think). Confusingly Urfa is also known as Sanliurfa which means apparently 'Glorious Urfa'. And again it's also known as the Prophets City. It's one of Turkey's main pilgrimage towns as legend ...
... not missed much, so I hope she was telling me the truth !!! That was Urfa. It was nice and small, we are now seeing less and less of the Western Infidels that plagued Western Turkey, but we are taking another night bus. Suckers for punishment I say !!!
... to learn that I wouldn't be able to see Mt Nemrut but there were many other parts of both South-east and Eastern Turkey that I was missing and therefore I would love to return to the region one day and see everything I have missed. I tried to go ...
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Your Opinions on Turkey
Posted on Mar 12, 2009, 07:47:11
... the resident frogs and terrapins don't seem to mind! Aphrodisias in the Central Aegean region is one of Turkey's most beautifully isolated major archaeological sites. Aphrodite, called Venus by the Romans, meant different things to many people. ...
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Eastern Turkey Photographs
Posted on Nov 4, 2009, 06:52:06
Here are a few photographs of places to visit when travelling through the eastern part of Turkey. We have visited most of them so if you want any more information, please let me know. These two photographs show Harran, close to the Syrian border, and one ...
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Overland to India
Posted on Jul 31, 2006, 15:33:57
... . However, once you get to Urfa, which is the point you either go East to Iran, or South to Syria, it becomes normal. Eastern Turkey is very special. And then there is Iran. one of my favourite places. Loved it with all of my heart. I would like to go ...
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