Volume 4 Turkey and westward
In and around World
Volume 4 of Mikeys marvelous adventures takes us to the bridge, literally and figuratively between Asia and Europe. Then westward HO!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler globalchoirboy
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Love at first sight
I landed at Ataturk International Airport in the late afternoon without a hotel, without a map, without a plan. I did have an address off the... Continue reading »
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May Day where it means something
Just at the end of the tram line there were massive protests and arrests. I was completely unaware until I returned this evening and saw it o... Continue reading »
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At a Turk! - your doing great
Bunny got here at the Anatolian Airport called Sobiha Gocken which was the name of a female fighter pilot in the Turkish Air Force. We took a... Continue reading »
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Raki and Istanbulwinkle do the Gypsy two step
It was a slow start up yesterday morning after breakfast at the guesthouse, a stop for coffee at our neighborhood cafe that serves real coffee not... Continue reading »
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Of cats and domes and bazaars
This is the longest I have been in one place my entire trip. There has been plenty to see and do to fill the time. Like stopping to pet... Continue reading »
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Mnemonics for Turkish
How to say thank you in Turkish:
Tea Sugar A durham - more like tay shukur adihrem
Today I moved back to the ho... Continue reading »
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Cave dwelling in Cappadochia
My last day in Istanbul I took a small tour up the Bosporus just far enough to get a chill and see a perfect vision of a mideaval fortification.&nb... Continue reading »
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Crossing into the Middle East
I signed up for a 3 day tour going east out of Goreme. I was picked up at my hotel at 8:30 and pretty soon we had another American, 3 Canadia... Continue reading »
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The Birthplace of Abraham
Saliufra is the city of the Prophets, ancient by the time of Jesus. There are numerous pilgrams from all over the Middle East visiting... Continue reading »
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The boy from Indianapolis goes to Heiropolis
We made a detour from the intinerary of our tour. Instead of stopping at a bird sanctuary and seeing the endangered bald Ibis we opted for a... Continue reading »
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Ephesus for Emphasis
I took a shorter bus ride from Pamukkale and was immediately happier upon reaching Selcuk. I took a room from the tout at the bus... Continue reading »
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We are all Raki
Well it has been a few days kind readers and I have been busy doing very little besides hanging out with Raki and company having late nights in the... Continue reading »
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I love Kaka'
I caught the night Fillia Express out of Istanbul at 8pm from the Sirecki (sounds like soup kitchen) station to Thessalonika. What I didn't r... Continue reading »
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Cretans are not Cretins
The ferry landed at 6am in Heraklion, Crete. Elisabeth was not due in to the airport until 3:30pm.
I took a quick stroll ar... Continue reading »
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From Knossos to Nausea
Jumping in the bright yellow Hyundai Atos we spun down the National Highway eastward. Our goals this first day were small. Knossos just... Continue reading »
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What to see at the Lybian Sea
Makrigialos increased in me the growing feeling that Greece is a ripoff. The euro has really changed the prices here. I was counti... Continue reading »
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The Good Samarian Hike
So I'm an abuse puppy. Instead of taking an easy day after so much driving I signed up for a 5 am wakeup call in order to catch a tour bus fo... Continue reading »
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The Sun the Moon and Santorini
A slow ferry took Elisabeth and myself to the island of Santorini. You all know images of this island. It is the picture postcard most... Continue reading »
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Mon Dieu what a difference a continental flight can make
It was a ferry ride to Pireus. A metro to Athens. Overnight at a hostel for 11 euro. A long metro ride to the airport. I ma... Continue reading »
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From Van Gogh to the Mediteranean
We rented bikes and four of us rode off onto the backroads of our neighboring area. You cannot swing and dead truffle in Provence without hit... Continue reading »
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Hear the Lyon roar
The last day of our life of leisure on the farm was spent by moi battling my bank to reinstate my card which they were protecting from me. Continue reading »
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I ain't Lyon France is expensive
Karin, Janet and I spent Sunday taking the hop on hop off bus around the sites of Lyon. It is an easy way to see where things are without wal... Continue reading »
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Back to Africa
I lost a day. I headed out to the tourism office of Lyon to find info on shuttles to the airport. I had no ticket yet. While ther... Continue reading »
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Oranges and the souk
The square of the Medina is called Jemaa el Fna. At night it is lit like a stage set. musicians with blaring horns outbid each ot... Continue reading »
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Seagulls sing from the minarets
As I took a last stroll around Marrakech a young fellow approached me asking that I buy him something to eat. I had just breakfasted but thou... Continue reading »
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Essays from Essaouira
Exactly one month left on my scheduled time of six months. I have been attempting to change my flight out of London to the 3rd but it appears... Continue reading »
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Mon nouveau familie d'Essaouira
With the festival Gnaoua visitors pouring into this small beach town rooms are going for a premium. Reservations meant I had to move and so t... Continue reading »
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Our own little world
With the festival in full swing the streets have become a fantasmogoria of types. Sitting in my favorite cafe due to it's strategic loc... Continue reading »
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Where did the sun go?
I just had to escape from Morocco. It seemed that natural or unnatural forces were hindering my progress. I spent an entire day trying... Continue reading »
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Lots to see
Breakfast was a nice surprise at the YHA. We had scrambled eggs, toast, bacon which was yummy, sausage, yogurt, cereal, fruit, beans which de... Continue reading »
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Don't be dreary. Have a cuppa tea deary.
Left my stinky hostel and got myself to Victoria Coach station for a bus to Oxford. A remarkable traffic jam brought us over 2 hours later in... Continue reading »
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Tower Power and a bit of Sun
My roomies last night were two Brazilians from Belo Horizonte and a British Library Scholar. Since the National Library is right across the s... Continue reading »
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London is the Bomb
The cover of Ian McEwens's Book Saturday features a comet passing the London sky dominated by the British Telecom Tower. This particular book... Continue reading »
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