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July 10th 2009
Published: July 18th 2009
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“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things - air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky - all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” - Cesare Pavese Every so often we come across a city that takes our breath away. ... Read Full Entry



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Ammi after I asked her not to try climbingAmmi after I asked her not to try climbing
Ammi after I asked her not to try climbing

That's my hairy forearm in the picture, not Am's hairy leg
ButterflyButterfly
Butterfly

Bosphorous Cruise
Spice MarketSpice Market
Spice Market

Turkish Viagra, anyone?
Ice cream sellerIce cream seller
Ice cream seller

The ice cream here is like taffy. Kinda strange but kinda good.
Circumcision suitCircumcision suit
Circumcision suit

No, really! In Islam you get snipped at 8 years old. Ouch! It gives true meaning to the words "it's my party and I'll cry if I want to!"



27th July 2009

Istanbul looks amazing!
Wow!!! Your trip really looks like a blast! Your pictures look incredible!

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