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Hello hello I am the wonderful town of Olympos as the moment. Really different little town of maybe 2000 people with a ton of tree houses. Very chill place. I finished my cruise from Fetiyhe to Olympos yesterday. Incredible. I would reccomend it to anyone who comes to this part of the world. It was certainly a high light of the trip so far. Spent two nights on the boat in dock and three more whilst cruising around. Our crew was hilarious, Elyas and Camile. Brilliant turks, always up for a party and a good time. The people we were on [View Full Entry]

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Snow Trip Middle East » Turkey » Erzurum By cosimovaga October 22nd 2005 cosimo [View Full Entry]

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Continuing on our route south, we caught a bus to Söke, about an hour below Selçuk, on what we thought had been a tip from another traveler. Did Jenny misunderstand the name of the city? Was it a cruel joke? When we got to the bus station, it became obvious why Söke doesn't make the guide books. İt's a relatively small inland town, mostly concrete and red tile roofs, no real city center, and yet more dilapidated neighborhoods. By the odd looks and blank stares, we guessed foreigners were a rare occurrence. A few people who spoke English asked "why are [View Full Entry]

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I arrived in Istanbul the morning of the 14th after an all night bus ride from Thessaloniki. My first "real" border crossing went smoothly enough, as Turkey is kind enough to allow tourists to buy their entry visas at border checkpoints for $20. After negotiating my way out of the most massive bus station I've ever had the (dis)pleasure of passing through, I took a combination of metro and tram lines to the heart of Old Istanbul, Sultanahmet. Within this relatively small area are Aya Sofia, the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and, conveniently, all the hostels. It wasn't long after I [View Full Entry]

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My trip to Turkey couldn’t have come at a better time. For the two weeks prior to Fall Break, the usually cheerful academic center became a miserable place full of grumpy, stressed out people. The day of our flight to Istanbul, I had a test, a paper, a presentation, and no clean underwear or socks. Following a crazed hour of packing, Jess, Gina, Mike, Ben, and I caught the metro to the airport. Our vacation officially began when we got to the airport and Jess pulled out the US Weekly and In Touch that her mom had sent her from home. [View Full Entry]

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Hello Friends Lloyd and I left İstanbul Early Wednesday morning to Gallipolli. A battle ground where Australia and New Zealand fought the Turks in WWI. It was a touching story of how the Australians and the Turks realized they were equals and became friends and stopped fıghting after 250.000 people died...WOW We then headed to Troy for an hour and took a tour of the town. Nıne dıfferent Troys exısted wıthın a 3000 year tıme span. Thıs is supposedly the site of where the famous battle took place. We then headed south to Ephesus whıch has one of the 7th wonders [View Full Entry]

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I only had two today, rather dissapointing I know. We re in the beautiful sea side town of Fethiye at the moment living on board a ship that we are cruising on tomorrow. We were looking to go down to Olympos via one of these Gullete type boats and we found these cool guys(that look like pirates) and they said we can live on board untill we leave. I cannot wait to go, it should be amazing. Its a four day cruise and the only thing I will be able to do is nothing which is perfect. Adam and I have [View Full Entry]

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Fasting for Ramadan Middle East » Turkey » Afyon By cosimovaga October 16th 2005 cosimo [View Full Entry]

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We finally arrived in Istanbul after a 24 hour whirlwind tour of the SFO, JFK, and Heathrow airports. Apparently our bags had a different itinerary since they arrived several days later. Thank you American Airlines for lightening our load! It's a good thing we didn't need water filters and mosquito nets to enjoy Istanbul. In the only city that spans two continents, the collusion of cultures ıs everywhere: headscarves and Converse, tea houses playing hip hop, mosques hosting book fairs. The train from the airport took us through run-down neighborhoods wıth crumbling walls and kids throwing stones at the train. But [View Full Entry]

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