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Top 10 Travel Adventures for Vago in 2011
Blog: Vagobond.com - 31 December 2011
2011 was a great year for me in terms of travel, family, and work. While there were a huge number of experiences to choose from, here are my top ten favorite adventures that came from this incredible year.
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Camel Wrestling in Selcuk, Turkey
Blog: Vagobond.com - 4 February 2011
Camel Wrestling. Sounds dangerous. I didn't know exactly what to expect when I saw it on Couchsurfing as a group activity for those near Izmir in the town of Selcuk.
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An Ancient Wonder and a close shave
Blog: Murmurs from a foriegn land. - 2 October 2010
Selcuk, Turkey – 13/08/2010 The hostel has a few bikes that they lend out, and seeing as I’m only going down the road I grab one. They’re pretty dodgey and not exactly road worthy but it does the trick. About 1km up the road is a small little opening that is overgrown with grass and [...]
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The Mighty Ephesus
Blog: Murmurs from a foriegn land. - 1 October 2010
Ephesus, Turkey – 12/08/2010 I tag along with Dippa and his friend Dilek for the day. She’s got a car which makes it easier getting to places. We head on the road out to Ephesus, park the car and go buy our tickets to get in. I still cannot believe non locals cannot buy the [...]
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Another bus.
Blog: Murmurs from a foriegn land. - 29 September 2010
Eceabat to Selcuk, Turkey – 11/08/2010 I’m up fairly early – though the room I’m in is so dark its hard to judge what time it is exactly – and off to get a bus to a town called Selcuk. Selcuk is famed for a few things. One being the roman ruins of Ephesus – [...]
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The Temple of Artemis and Isa Bey Camii
Blog: Vagobond.com - 26 August 2010
“I have set eyes on the wall of lofty Babylon on which is a road for chariots, and the statue of Zeus by the Alpheus, and the hanging gardens, and the colossus of the Sun, and the huge labour of the high pyramids, and the vast tomb of Mausolus; but when I saw the house of Artemis that mounted to the clouds, those other marvels lost their brilliancy, and I said, "Lo, apart from Olympus, the Sun never looked on aught so grand."
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The Basilica of St. John at Selcuk – Revelations and the Anti Christ
Blog: Vagobond.com - 25 August 2010
I had no idea that I would be visiting the place where the idea of the Anti-Christ was born or the book of Revelation was composed, but there I was clowning around in the baptismal pool of the church that was built on the grave of St. John, apostle of Christ and author of Revelations.
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Selcuk – Ancient Home of Artemis, the Virgin Mary, and St. John
Blog: Vagobond.com - 24 August 2010
Instead at the Izmir otogar we caught a minibus to Selcuk for 8 lira each. A friend of mine from Lonely Planet had suggested a great guesthouse there and even though I'm not crazy about crowd filled historical tourist sites, I wanted to visit the ancient city of Ephesus. The ride to Selcuk took us about an hour.
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Basilica of St. John, Selçuk Turkey
Blog: Landlopers - 5 July 2010
Ephesus and Selçuk Turkey are well known for their importance throughout the history of Western civilization, from the days of the ancient Greeks through the 14th century Turkish invasion. A trip to modern day Kusadasi and Selçuk involve a variety of ancient sites including the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the [...]
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Seaside town of Kusadasi and the ruins in Selçuk and Ephesus
Blog: nateniale { reflections on my travels and everything else I love } - 29 December 2009
Our 5th day started with a beautiful view from our hotel in Kusadasi. We arrived pretty late the night before, and so we could not really enjoy the view. We went out for a short walk in the morning to soak in the scenery. Kusadasi is a town by the Aegean Sea. It is a beautiful seaside town that is mainly catered for tourists. And so, like all seaside tourist town, it doesn’t have much of a culture.
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Selçuk and Ephesus: Doin’ the Ruins
Blog: 12FOOT3 - 9 December 2009
Selçuk is a very common stop on the Turkish backpacker route and it’s not hard to see why: it’s located on the Aegean but it’s pretty much the midpoint between Istanbul and the Mediterranean coast (located 9 hours from Istanbul and about the same from Fethiye), and it boasts some of the best-preserved Greco-Roman ruins [...]
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Oglin' old stuff
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 23 November 2009
I have a terrible imagination. So when it comes to visiting ancient ruins, it's rather difficult to envision a great civilization from a couple of rocks strewn across a field. But wandering around one of Turkey's most famous sites required no imagination.
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Surprised by Selçuk
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 23 November 2009
Far too often, the cities, in developing countries, which happen to be next to some important tourist attraction have the worst reputations. I can't count how many travellers complain about Agra, India.
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