http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/canaris/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from canaris en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:57:24 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:57:24 BST We spent few wonderful days in Istanbul at the end of 2007 just before New Year Eve.There were few things that stroke me as I put my foot there and the order is not necessarily this one. The crowds of people Istanbul population is half of my country's in a continuous movment more or less busy. The big number of policemen mingling with the crowds or slowly driving their cars on the narrow http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul/blog-234033.html Few small islands near Piraeus...Angistri...Crissi...Hydra...Salamina... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Thessaly/Meteora/blog-228810.html Some more pics. from Crete...Enjoy http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Crete/blog-227312.html The trip goes on...And Part III soon to come... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Crete/blog-227134.html A tour of Crete for which 10 days were just not enough... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Crete/blog-227120.html Venice Carnival is an experience you shouldn't missThis is like a trip back in time.You'll see ordinary people masked and dressed in beautiful epoch costumes wondering around as if they belong to those old times.The costumes can be either bought or rented and if you can't afford that only a mask the prices starts from 3 Euros will connect you immediately to the carnival atmosphere.It's amazing http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-226753.html Have you ever been thereAegina... with Souvala Agia Marina... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Aegina/blog-225978.html Few days in Athens this April... such a long time ago http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-225968.html Please join me in this short tour of Romania. Well part of it...If interested I can tell you about it... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Bucharest/blog-225929.html Before we planed our trip to Tenerife we had made lots and lots of inquiries regarding the places we should see but especially the roads as we intended to rent a car and I was supposed to be the driver.From the images on Google Earth the roads looked ok mountains curves steep slopes but still ok. I felt confident and ready to prove my skills. What the hell I had been driving 3000 km in Crete http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Canary-Islands/Tenerife/blog-225735.html Don't miss the shows in Loro Parque http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Canary-Islands/Tenerife/blog-225416.html Loro Parque with its various beings... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Canary-Islands/Tenerife/blog-225408.html Loro Parque a place named Heaven... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Canary-Islands/Tenerife/blog-225402.html In the National Park of El Teide....Each hour it looks so differentYou lose track of time and wonder if you are still on Earth or ....maybe on Mars http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Canary-Islands/Tenerife/blog-225396.html A one day trip by ferry to La Gomera which by the way I didn't know that in Arabic meant 'small firebrand' according to Wikipedia Encyclopedia. We took the ferry from Los Cristianos in one October early morning.A small island with narrow streets nice painted houses friendly people calm life... Pitty we hadn't time to explore the whole island. Maybe next time... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Canary-Islands/La-Gomera/blog-225381.html Irsquom pretty sure that everything interesting about this island was already told as Tenerife is the best known and the most visited from the Canarian islands.On the other hand I am convinced that no matter how good narrator you are words are not enough to describe the beauty and greatness of this island. I myself had read a lot about it had seen lots and lots of pictures and felt prepared to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Canary-Islands/Tenerife/blog-225081.html A month already passed since we came back from Canary islands but I'm still dreaming of those amazing days spent there.We chosed to travel by ourselves all reservations were done via internet nothing organized by any tourism company. We studied a lot the travel Forums made quite a serious research and we also found very useful the images on Google Earth so we knew exactly what we wanted to see http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Canary-Islands/Gran-Canaria/blog-224842.html