Blogs from Turkey, Middle East - page 459

Geo: 41.0245, 28.9881 GÜN 1 Günlerden Cumartesi Gençliğimde tüm öğrenci hareketlerinde adres olarak Moskova gösterilir ve karşıt görüş daima "Moskova'ya ....Moskova'ya" diye bağırırdı. Çetin Altan zırt bir yazı mı yazdı adres belli Moskova'ya ... Sol bir dergi mi dağıtılıyor ? adres yine belli Moskova'ya... Aklınıza gelecek ne kadar ortanın solunda yer alan bir eylem varsa adres Moskova'dır. Tüm gençliğim Moskova'ya gidenler ya da gönderilenler ile burada kalanlar arasındaki kavgalarla geçti. Kader ,daha sonra oda ve sınıf arkadaşımı Moskova Büyük Elçisi yapacaktı ve bende meslek icabı haddinden fazla Moskova 'ya gitmek durumunda kaldım. Perestroika öncesi ve sonrası ortamlarına tanık oldum. Dünya'nın en beleş ve ucuz yerlerinden biri iken, Dünyanın en pahalı kenti olma konumlarına tanık oldum. O eskiden Moskova'ya diye bağıranlar hala ... read more

Please note: This is a very rough draft taken from my travel journal during one of my recent trips across Turkey. I post it only to help others understand some of the issues in traveling across this incredible land until I have time to edit it properly. The people are truly wonderful but like all lands and cultures, there are people who will take advantage of you, so “buyer beware”. If you are only interested in Istanbul, most of the information can be found towards the end of this “log”. There is also an extensive list of what things cost during the summer of 2002. Please be aware that as of Christmas 2002 that the entry visa for US citizens that is good for three months has now risen to $100!!! This is the third increase ... read more

We made it to Bodrum and then hired a car and drove to Kushadasi.......Shan did the driving on account of the fact I'd forgotten my licence in London. Have to give credit because the Lonely Planet Guide rates Turkey as one of the more dangerous countries to drive in......add to the fact they drive on the other side and Shan had never drived a Stick Shift before getting us the first 150kms was a pretty fine effort. Personally from the passenger seat it was a pleasure to watch the landscape go by. We made Kushadasi our base for a couple of days and here is where we met Murat the waiter at the Ali Ustanin Yeri Kebab shop.....every meal we had in Kushadasi thereafter was at this cafe. Funny guy and if enyone ends up in ... read more

26 DE AGOSTO DE 2002 Lo más hermoso del viaje a Turquía entra con fuerza en el selecto club de lo más hermoso que he visto: la Capadocia. Es una región en el centro de la Anatolia (la parte asiática de Turquía se llama así; la parte europea es Tracia), en la que hubo tres volcanes en la antigüedad cuya lava no creó las duras rocas que hay, por ejemplo, en el Valle de México, sino una gruesa capa de material poroso que el viento y el agua erosionaron de manera caprichosa: parece un lugar de otro mundo, con formaciones sorprendentes, como verán en las fotos. Para incrementar la peculiaridad de la zona, ésta fue ocupada entre el siglo II y el X después de Chuy, por antiguos cristianos que tallaron en la roca para construir ... read more

May 2002 Please note the original story with photos can be found here at http://ajarncharlie.livejournal.com/25043.html As I sit here at the Bodrum airport ready to depart back to Germany, I have time to reflect on the incredible experience that Turkey and Greece has afforded me. To say the least, the people are what make places like Bodrum and Marmaris Turkey warm and friendly. The azure sea, the warm breezes, the clear blue skies and the cosmopolitan atmosphere all blend together to make this one of the more magical journeys of my life. Where do I begin? It seems I arrived from Germany a bit ahead of the normal tourist season, which appears to start on June 1. Before that date, things such as ferry schedules and who is going where or when seems to be a ... read more