Victory Monument

Ankara

August 12th 2013
Hello my fellow travelers! This is the first of 18 posts that I'll make about a solo trip I did to Turkey and the Balkans in August 2013 and it will cover my first day in Ankara. The trip started out a bit poorly as my backpack broke at the airport in Copenhagen but it picked up as I met a nice girl named Amina on the plane and spent the duration of the flight talking to her. When I arriv ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Ankara

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

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Per-Olof Persson

A Small Swede in the Big World

I'm a small Swede that simply just love to travel. I haven't been around as much as I'd wish to yet, but my life long goal is to visit all the countries in the world. I still have a long way to go before that mission is accomplished though. I live with my two cats and one spider in Alvesta, a small city outside of Växjö where I try to host people from all over the world as often as I can. If you need a place to stay, just look me up on couchsurfing.org and send me a request. My living I make working as a insurance adviser, it's a soft job with plenty of free time. I try to get out in the ... full info

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