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The Art of Bribery
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 8 November 2009
I remember the kind of mother I thought I'd be before I actually had a kid. I was going to be the kind of mother who put the ix-nay on processed foods, video games and television.
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5 reasons to stay in Goreme when visiting Cappadocia
Blog: Heather on her travels - 8 October 2009
My guest post today features the town of Goreme in the heart of Cappadocia’s ‘Fairy Chimney’ country. Liz from Travelogged tells us more about the area and why you should use Goreme as your base when you visit. Fairy Chimneys of Cappadocia If you’re planning a trip to Turkey, chances are people will encourage you to visit [...]
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Rockin’ all over the world
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 3 October 2009
I’ve kind of had the same night for 3 in a row now and am getting a bit bored by it, so I’m happy to be moving on today. There was one difference from previous night’s though as they had a belly dancer for a short while at the hostel. I reckon she was silicon enhanced [...]
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Double lagered
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 1 October 2009
I missed breakfast this morning, what kind of hour is 09:30 to suspend it? Facists. Though I love the roof garden, another thing I don’t like about this hostel is that they don’t allow you to bring your own beer in but neither do they subsidise the price of their own (it’s around £2.50 a pint). [...]
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The furthest point east
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 30 September 2009
So while waiting to check-in we checked out The Blue Mosque. Most epic and impressive I must say, not as blue as I expected mind. After that it was The Grand Bazaar. It didn’t do that much for me really but it is worth seeing if only for it’s sheer massiveness. In my tired and [...]
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Istanbul, Istanbul I am coming
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 29 September 2009
I’ve had a proper lazy morning just dicking about on the internet in preparation for tonight’s overnight bus to Istanbul. I was considering a trek that’s at least a 10k round trip into the hills to a monastery, but it’s supposed to be pretty difficult to find the trail and I basically can’t be arsed. [...]
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When Toronto meets Istanbul
Blog: EZGuler - 12 September 2009
Just like a carefully woven, ornate Turkish kilim, Toronto has been blessed with the colourful woolen threads of diversity. People from all over the world collide as they call this zestfully dynamic city of lights their home. In a sense, to know this city, is to know the world. So much of our daily life, our reality and what we love about our city parallel what other people three thousand kilometers away from here love and enjoy about their own cities. In a way, we are experiencing a different version of the same moments.
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Istanbul, Turkey: it's Europe, but not as we know it
Blog: 501 Places - 4 September 2009
Having avoided the "East meets West" headline, let's move on. If you suddenly found yourself in the middle of Istanbul, you could be forgiven for initially mistaking it for Cairo or Damascus, or any of the great cities of the Arab world.
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When East Meets West, Istanbul Is The Literal Definition
Blog: EZGuler - 26 August 2009
It's not easy to cast my biased aside. Afterall, I did spend six healthy and happy years in the centre of the city everyone, for some reason, regardless of the fall of the Roman Empire, still calls Constantinople. It's a nostalgia thing, I imagine. However, the Ottomans weren't the only ones who conquered Istanbul and made it their own. I can count on my two hands the number of people I know who have arrived in the pristine, shiny new Ataturk Airport, wide-eyed and hopeful that they would survive to tell truly amazing stories about their trip to Istanbul.
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Saturday Guest Post: Olympos in Turkey
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 15 August 2009
Most people think about the house of gods when they hear olimpos, knowing little about the actual ancient settlement located in antalya,turkey. Olimpos is one of the cities on the once-upon-a-time Lykian trade route and present-day trekking route(link). Lykians were the first ones to use money as we know it. After inventing the mother of all problems, of [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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If you were stranded on a Beach...
Blog: EZGuler - 12 August 2009
Continuing along with the Top Ten theme, here is another Top Ten list, this time, with photo accompaniment.Top Ten Beaches To Fall In Love With (in order of degrees of love, 1 being the strongest)10) Athens, Greece
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Enchanting spots: Mount Nemrud, Turkey
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 8 August 2009
The incredible statues of Mount Nemrud or Nemrut (Nemrud Dagi in Turkish) are located at the top of the 2,134 meter peak of Mount Nemrud, near the city of Adiyaman in Southeastern Turkey. This stunning UNESCO World Heritage site is one of the highlights of a trip to Turkey. In the 1st century BC, King Antiochus [...]
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Istanbul, Turkey: 5 Family Favorites
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 5 August 2009
Istanbul is probably not the first destination that springs to mind when you think of family travel. And rightfully so.
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Gouraud: The Street and the General
Blog: Half - 28 July 2009
If you tell a taxi to take you to the Beirut neighborhood of Gemmazeh, they’ll drop you at the start of the Rue Gouraud – the main bar, restaurant and club packed street running through this noisy neighborhood, which somehow manages to be grungy and upscale chic at the same time. I love it! You [...]
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Sights To See and Things To Do in Istanbul
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 9 July 2009
Byzantium, Nova Roma, Tsargrad, Miklagård, Constantinople, Istanbul. It is a city that has known many names and which straddles two continents. It has been a city of emperors. It was the center of Holy Rome and of the Eastern Empire that lasted a thousand years after the Christian world fractured in half leaving the western half in fragments and foundering through a time we now call the dark ages. The Turks swept out of Central Asia in a storm of swords, spears and horses to conquer Arab nations and swallow ...
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Tarihi Sultanahmet Koftecisi, Istanbul
Blog: An American in London - 21 June 2009
I’d intended to do only one more post on Istanbul (a wrap-up of the good and bad meals we had there), but in looking over my notes and photos from the trip, I thought the Tarihi Sultanahmet Koftecisi deserved a dedicated shout-out. Left to my own devices, I would’ve avoided the place. It was (1) listed [...]
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Furran Balikcilik, Karakoy Fish Market, Istanbul
Blog: An American in London - 14 June 2009
My favorite cheap dining experience in Istanbul was at a seriously no-frills balik (fish) place along the water, at the back of the Karakoy Fish Market. Although I have a business card telling me the place’s name is Furran Balikcilik, there’s no signage anywhere, so you’d have to recognize it by the bright red, [...]
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Muzede Changa, Istanbul
Blog: An American in London - 10 June 2009
Two weeks ago, Jon and I were in Istanbul for the bank holiday. The sites, shopping and food were amazing, but our favorite high-end meal by a wide margin was at Muzede Changa, where Peter Gordon (of Providores fame) is consulting chef. Located inside the Sakip Sabanci Museum in Emirgan, a leafy, ritzy part of [...]
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Ten observations about Turkey
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 5 May 2009
Atatürk Well people, the masthead at the top of this page needs changing as today is our last day in Turkey. We fly for Uzbekistan tonight and then will be travelling overland for the next few months through Central Asia and China. Turkey has been an amazing and fascinating. It is my first visit to the [...]
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From the coast to Cappadocia
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 4 May 2009
Elizabeth enjoying her last swim before Thailand Sorry for the dearth of updates, but posts repeating the fact that yet another day has been spent lounging around, drinking Efes Pilsener and going for the occasional dip in the Med was not likely to go down well. Especially for our London based readers. Though take heart [...]
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Fethiye
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 27 April 2009
Ölüdeniz I think the picture above fairly accurately sums up the last four amazing days that we have spent in Fethiye – it has been a like a holiday from the holiday. Whilst here we have taken the foot of the accelerator a little, have gone to bed early and woken without an alarm, eaten amazing home [...]
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Bodrum
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 22 April 2009
Bodrum is a beautiful seaside town, home to warm weather, picturesque white homes and when summer rolls around sun burnt drunken package deal tourists. We have missed the start of the season, but one definitely gets the feeling that this place is gearing up for an onslaught of alcohol fuelled mayhem . But when this [...]
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Ephesus
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 20 April 2009
Nothing like an overnight bus to get you ready for the day ahead! You see we arrived in Selçuk today at 7.00 am having spent the last 8 hours on a bus. Quite a nice bus, but still a bus and definitely not as good as the Argentinean buses that makes sleeping a dream. So stumbling [...]
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Gallipoli
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 19 April 2009
Australians, and I suspect Kiwis, learn a lot about the WWI landings at Gallipoli in school and in popular culture as kids and later. We learn of the heroism of the Australian soldiers, about the harsh conditions and steep hills the diggers faced and how misguided orders from officers wasted countless lives. But what [...]
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Istanbul not Constantinople
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 17 April 2009
Apparently 12.5 million people live in Istanbul. Did you know that? I sure as hell didn’t, but according to Wikipedia it is true. So in essence the place is big, bloody big and extends far beyond where we have visited in our three days here. Where we are staying, where most backpackers stay it seems, is [...]
