The German geographer and the gun-wielding store-owner

The resurrection of Michael Jackson

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November 30th 2009
Next up was an overnight bus from Bucharest to Istanbul to meet Katherine and Justin. There were some fairly dodgy deals going on in the bus with passengers and the stewards exchanging inch-thick bundles of 50 euro notes. The Romanian man sitting next to me didn´t speak any English, but was up for a chat. He knew about 50 words in Spanish, Italian and French and seemed intent on sharing them all ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

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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