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April 6th 2014

Published: April 6th 2014

An anomaly of Turkish life was played out every morning in the breakfast room at our hotel. The Turkish travellers visiting Istanbul far outnumbered the overseas tourists and most of them adopted a more conservative form of dress. A flat screen TV mounted on one wall played VH1 videos on every visit, the majority of which were best described as risque. The locals - fathers, wives and daughters - s... Read Full Entry

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John Miranda

The original purpose of the blog was the 20th wedding anniversary trip in 2006 / 2007 - Ashes cricket in Oz, setting off early in April and going the long way round! The trip came to an end in February 2007 and for a while retrospective blogging was the only option (for reasons that you can find in the Road to Freedom). There are still two to travel and the passport is now back in use in 2009. We get distracted in more than the odd football ground along the way, but it is all part of the journey.... full info

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