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  1. Junk Food +1,300 Chefs + Edirne-Style Liver + Maya Food Entrepreneurs

    Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 6 February 2012

    By Kimberly Strathearn, KF 16 Although you will find many familiar fast food restaurants in Turkey, I have never understood why they are popular.  Turkish food is just too darn good. When I first started living in Turkey in 1998, there was very little western fast food, very little packaged junk food, and very little [...]

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  2. Five Surprisingly Romantic Cities

    Blog: Landlopers - 6 February 2012

    Some cities you expect to be romantic; Paris has made billions of dollars on that premise alone. Other cities surprise you though with their ability to charm and to help create those special romantic moments between you and your loved one. Here are some of...Copyright LandLopers All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.

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  3. What am I doing here? Important Life Decisions

    Blog: Vagobond.com - 1 February 2012

    My wife seems surprised when I try to include her in making plans for our lives and tends to just tell me to make the decision and she will support it. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!

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  4. Top 10 WOW Travel Destinations on Earth

    Blog: Backpacking on the Cheap - 31 January 2012

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  5. Istanbul: Exploring Çukurcuma

    Blog: Turkey's For Life - 31 January 2012

    There's always an area of any city that becomes the place to see, to be seen and to know about. While we were living in the UK in Manchester, this area was the Northern Quarter. In Istanbul, tucked away in the back streets of Beyoğlu is the old area known as Çukurcuma and, during the last couple of years, it's been impossible to ignore. 

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  6. A Trip to Istanbul’s Asian Side – Kadikoy

    Blog: Vagobond.com - 31 January 2012

    Istanbul is the only city in the world that sits in both Asia and Europe. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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  7. Let’s Talk Turkey

    Blog: Ciao Bambino! - 30 January 2012

    If it’s possible to be infected by a country ... I am. Ever since we returned from our trip to Turkey, I just can’t seem to let it go. I’ve supplemented my fascination by reading multiple historical and fictional books about this country. With beautiful cookbooks in hand, I’ve been whipping up wonderful Turkish dishes capped off by Turkish coffee. Although if truth be told, my family has about had it with this!

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  8. The Feeling that is Istanbul

    Blog: Vagobond.com - 30 January 2012

    Istanbul is an emotional state more than a place. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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  9. What am I doing here? Those Lovable Turks

    Blog: Vagobond.com - 25 January 2012

    Midnight Express, big Turkish mustaches, sodomy, the movie airplane and the mention of Turkish bath houses, more sodomy, drugs, Midnight Express again, Turkish delight, Narnia [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!

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  10. Istanbul - A View From Galata Bridge

    Blog: Turkey's For Life - 22 January 2012

    Regular visitors to this blog will have worked out long ago that we're not big on covering all the main tourist sights of Turkey here. It's not that we don't want to! The problem is, we only started this blog a couple of years back when we'd already made numerous visits to Turkey and lived here on and off for 6 years. That meant we'd already been to many of the main haunts on the popular Turkey tourist trail pre-blog days and we'd like to keep everything as up-to-date as it possibly can be. 

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  11. What am I doing here? Travel Blog Fairy Tales

    Blog: Vagobond.com - 18 January 2012

    Living in a hotel in Istanbul and publishing fairy tales...the writer's life for me. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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  12. Cold Turkey – Back in Istanbul Unexpectedly!

    Blog: Vagobond.com - 16 January 2012

    Going to Turkey isn't like travel for me - its like coming home. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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  13. Perks + Atatürk + My hero

    Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 11 January 2012

    By Kim Strathearn, K16, Turkey Perks! Perks of some sort are a part of every job.  Recently one of the loan officers brought back these cookie samples from a potential client.  YUM! Mustafa Kemal Atatürk died at 9:05 a.m. on November 10, 1938 at the age of 57.  He was the founder of the Turkish [...]

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  14. Turkey's 19th-century Renaissance man

    Blog: The Turkish Life - 6 January 2012

    Osman Hamdi Bey's "The Tortoise Trainer"

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  15. Eating in Sultanahmet: Tarihi Sultanahmet Köfteci

    Blog: Turkey's For Life - 4 January 2012

    Most tourists visiting Istanbul are likely to be staying in Sultanahmet - the area boasting Sultanahmet Camii (the Blue Mosque), Aya Sofya and Topkapı Palace - and of course, wherever there is a glut of tourists, it naturally follows that there is a glut of expensive souvenir shops, bars and restaurants.

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  16. Check out the Muzungu’s Best of 2011!

    Blog: Kampala Days (Diary of a Mzungu) - 1 January 2012

    If 2011 was busy, 2012 looks set to be busier still! Here are a few of 2011′s highlights (if you don’t hate me by now …) TRAVELLING – Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Ethiopia, Turkey – and of course, Uganda. Kenya - The  Naivasha Relay (84km from Nairobi to Lake Naivasha) is one of the highlights of Nairobi [...]

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  17. 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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  18. 23 Images of the Aya Sofia in Istanbul

    Blog: Brooke vs. the World | RTW Travel Blog - 19 December 2011

    The Aya Sofia is one of Istanbul's most prominent attractions. I had no idea, however, that it would be so big... or so awe-inspiring. Rather than try to fill this page with a huge list of cliches and overused expressions, I figured I'd let the images do the talking for me. Enjoy!23 Images of the Aya Sofia in Istanbul is a post from: Brooke vs. the World.

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  19. Istanbul: Sultanahmet's Secret Underworld - Palatium

    Blog: Turkey's For Life - 18 December 2011

    Howling wind, driving rain - and a huge floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall window radiating a warm, inviting glow to the outside world. It's little wonder that every time we walked past Palatium restaurant in Sultanahmet, it was a packed.

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  20. Travelling Turkey - Our Favourite Posts of 2011

    Blog: Turkey's For Life - 12 December 2011

    December is whizzing by and we're careering headlong towards 2012, so we thought we'd do what everyone else does at this time of year and take a look back at 12 of our favourite posts of 2011; one for each month. 

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  21. What’s the best tour in Turkey?

    Blog: Vagobond.com - 9 December 2011

    The legacies of the Hittites, Greeks, Romans, Christian apostles, Byzantines, Ottoman Turks & the other civilizations that have called this land home have made Turkey into a vast outdoor museum full of beautiful, intriguing sites.

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  22. About Istanbul: Crossing Between Europe & Asia

    Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 6 December 2011

    A man casts a glance over his shoulder before arching back and casting his line into the water. The street chatter and rush hour traffic drown out the subtle splash but from the look on his face, you’d think he stood alone in the countryside, miles from anyone, miles from anywhere.

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  23. Photos of Istanbul

    Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 4 December 2011

    Istanbul is one of Europe - and Asia's most exciting cities. These photos of Istanbul capture some of the energy and the history of the city... and the words are coming very, very soon...Photos of Istanbul first appeared on Inside the Travel Lab. Head over there for more juicy fresh travel goodness. Or, you know, something you might like to read...

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  24. Weekends at the office

    Blog: The Turkish Life - 4 December 2011

    Unlike any office in which I've ever worked, the headquarters of Borusan Holding is eerily tidy. Nary a stray piece of paper mars the crisp white interior, where the few framed family photos and coffee-table books placed just so seem more like movie-set props than actual personal belongings.

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  25. Perfect Turkish Holiday – 5 Awesome Days

    Blog: Vagobond.com - 1 December 2011

    If you want to get away for the holidays and really enjoy something special, here's a tour you should consider - 5 days of Awesomeness in Turkey.

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