My hostel in Göreme

Land of Many Great Empires (GEEK!!) (Day 102 to Day 115)

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April 26th 2010
In the last two weeks, I went from an absolute feeling of homesickness to an extreme need for adventure. At the end I almost changed my plans to reach China via Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan and all these centrel Asian -istan countries, but I calmed down and it would have taken too much time anyway. It will be for a future trip... My homesickness came from bad water that I drank at the end in ... 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