Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes Hall

August 15th 2013
Hello my fellow travellers! After a good nights sleep, or rather a dead man's sleep, I headed back out into the jewel of the middle east, Istanbul! I began by taking the train to the Galata area to check out the Galata Tower and then work my way back towards the centre to end with Topkapi Palace before meeting up with Abdullah. Galata Tower is a beautiful 6th century tower built by the Byzan ... read more

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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

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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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