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Eerie Ride across the Van
Blog: Seat of Our Pants - 26 May 2010
This insanely beautiful expanse of water is Lake Van – Turkey’s biggest lake. There are a few settlements around the lake, but most of its shores are untouched by civilization. You hardly see any boats out there, just the impossibly blue water, surrounded by snow-capped mountains. Pure magic. Instead of taking the bus around the [...] Related posts:A Magical Hike in a Doomed Town Hasankeyf wasn’t on our itinerary a week ago.
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Turkey – Tourism With a Personal Touch
Blog: Seat of Our Pants - 23 May 2010
We don’t make hotel reservations. Rather, I should say that we don’t usually make reservations. I think we’ve made maybe two in the last year of travel. That’s just our style. If a guesthouse doesn’t have a room available, the one next door probably will.
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The Windy Nemrut Dagi
Blog: Seat of Our Pants - 23 May 2010
Turkey is great. In fact, it is our new favorite destination. The one thing that hasn’t worked out for us is the trekking. We’re here way too early.
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Van: Where we get taught a lesson in Turkish hospitality
Blog: 12FOOT3 - 2 February 2010
There comes a time in every travel blogger’s life where you fall behind on your blog (four months in our case). And there comes a time when something so unexpected happens—something so amazing that it manages to infuse your cynical spirit with pure faith in the goodness of this world—that you feel like you can’t [...]
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