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Turkish  Flag Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adop... [read more]
Blog: Captivated by Cappadocia
Date: August 1st 2007

We left off last time in Cirali (pronounced Chiralee) at the Canada hotel where Carrie and her husband Saban were great to us. Our last evening was spent doing a 1 km steep climb up the backside of Chimaera to see their eternal flames (try googling that one). There is an area in some exposed rock that has natural gas (mostly methane) leaking from the ground creating these spontaneous and continu ... read more




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We are a Canadian family of 5 that loves to travel. The kids were 3, 5 and 7 years old when we spent 5 weeks in Vietnam. Since then, we have continued to travel throughout North America and tried to get away for a big trip every second year. Together, we have been able to experience this wonderful world of ours in places like Eastern Canada, Turkey, Greece, Croatia, Italy, the Caribbean and Costa Rica. Alternate years have been spent exploring the beauty of the Pacific Northwest where we live, along with the Grand Canyon, the Bowron Lakes and West Coast Trail. Thank you for joining us on... full info
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