The open road

Dogs and Old Stones

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April 6th 2009
Last blog entry finished at Bergama and ancient city of Pergamon. To go back to where we left off 6months ago: October 2008:From Bergama we headed East towards Cappadoccia a journey of three days across two vast flat plains;the first of which took us to Pamukkale. The campsite here was in a small garden, attached to a hotel, part of which was taken up by a swimming pool fed from the springs fro ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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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 adopt... ... read more