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A Vote For Fethiye Is A Vote For Turkey Too
Blog: Turkey's For Life - 14 March 2012
Today's post is a rally cry, a call to action, a desperate plea; call it what you will. We're asking for your help, please. Many of you will know already that a couple of weeks back, we entered Fethiye into the Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2012 and yesterday, voting opened in the last 16.
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Turkish Weenie Roast in the Snow – Have You Been Here?
Blog: Vagobond.com - 15 May 2011
Turkish people love their beef and mutton sausages.
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Izmir – Part 4 – Agora, Museums, and Kultur Park
Blog: Vagobond.com - 2 February 2011
Travel insurance might be a good idea if you want to visit Izmir's museums in winter since they are empty and you are likely to catch a cold from wandering around the freezing halls.
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Izmir – Konak and the Kameralti – Part 3
Blog: Vagobond.com - 31 January 2011
Exploring Izmir really begins with the water. From the Konak Pier up you are entering a new district. Konak is considered the heart of Izmir and houses the city's most famous symbol, the Izmir Clock Tower.
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Izmir – Part 2 – Alsancak and Kordon
Blog: Vagobond.com - 29 January 2011
Historical travel and adventure travel probably aren't what you are looking for if you come to Izmir, but just by taking a bus or catching a cheap flight, you can enjoy the great nightlife, shopping and ambiance of this city any time of the year.
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Izmir – Ancient Smyrna- Part 1
Blog: Vagobond.com - 27 January 2011
Izmiri girls are considered to be the most beautiful in Turkey and it is a fact that the majority of models and actresses come from this city. Whether it is because they wear their makeup better or the mixture of Levanitne, Jewish, Greek, Turkish, Arab and Italian bloodlines is an argument that can be found along the waterfront bars of the Kordon. The fact of the matter is that when you walk down the street in Izmir, it is impossible to argue the point.
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Snow Hiking in Turkey – Izmir – Bornova – Manisa
Blog: Vagobond.com - 25 January 2011
Adventures in foreign countries can be complex or they can be simple. One of the reasons I loved living in Manisa was because of the Manisa Tennis and Hiking Club. They made hiking adventures simple.
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Traveling Cheap and Light – A Personal Update
Blog: Vagobond.com - 9 January 2011
If I were a single guy, I could support myself in this particular lifestyle indefinitely and even save money without having a boss or a job. For the moment, that's what I'm doing, but I have to find a better solution in order to take care of 1+1=3. :)
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Getting Foreign Resident Permits in Morocco and Turkey
Blog: Vagobond.com - 12 November 2010
Traveling around the world in the slowest possible way means that I generally stay longer in a country than a tourist visa allows.
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Izmir Sunday in a Friendly Turkish Home
Blog: Vagobond.com - 10 October 2010
We voyaged to Izmir this Sunday to meet up with a Moroccan friend my wife made on her flight here. Nice to have a different location for this week. Sunday in... Izmir, Turkey.
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Off-season on the Aegean
Blog: The Turkish Life - 22 February 2010
Come summer, or so I'm told, the Aegean towns of Çesme (right) and, especially, nearby Alaçatı (below) will be mobbed with rich İstanbul'lus as some of the city's poshest and most popular restaurants and
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Deve güreşi
Blog: The Turkish Life - 21 February 2010
First, let me clear up a couple of misconceptions: Turkish oil wrestling has nothing to do with girls in bikinis and camel wrestling does not involve men tussling with dromedaries. Having now witnessed both sports, I can say that there are some surprising similarities between the two.
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On the road again
Blog: The Turkish Life - 20 February 2010
Strange as it may seem -- and I know it does seem very strange to some -- there's something I really, really love about sitting at a makeshift roadside bus stop, eating crackers and watching the traffic go by.
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