I didn't learn the names of the islands we didn't stop at, and they're not in my book, but they reminded me of the smallest of the San Juan Islands near Seattle.
The Princes' Islands August 28th 2011 The day after the Grand Bazaar I set off around noon to go see the Princes’ Islands. I first read about them in the Travel section of the Sunday New York Times a few weeks before moving here. It sounded like a fabulous getaway from the hustle of the city. I took a bus to Kadıköy and then hopped on a ferry for the islands. It was very self-explanatory. The ferry terminals are all labeled with t ... read more
Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul 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
I live in Cusco, Peru and will be posting mostly about my trips around Peru and South America. From August 2012 to June 2014 I lived in Dhaka, Bangladesh and blogged about living there and traveling around Southeast Asia. This blog also contains my stories from living in Istanbul, two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco, and some other travels. ... full info