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Daily Archives: July 28, 2012
Turkey: Istanbul to Assos
Summer holiday time again. It doesn’t seem two minutes since we were packing our backs for our epic trip around Namibia. This year sees two thirds of the Dunlop Marshall clan taking things a little easier on a two centre break in Turkey. We are also deviating from the norm by only taking two weeks a) because this is our first full holiday without our daughter, b) we wish to take some time in Edinburgh before the rat-race starts up again, and c) because Lesley is back in gainful employment and doesn’t have enough holiday.
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When Is A Food Adventure Not A Food Adventure? Two Words: Istanbul Cafe
Andrea's View: A couple of weeks ago, my parents said that they would like to go on a food adventure with us. I asked where they would like to go and my father replied, "I don't know. Surprise us. Just don't pick anything too adventurous." I said, "How do you feel about Turkish food?" His response, "Sounds good to me." So the four of us met at Istanbul Cafe on a late Sunday afternoon.
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Jaw dropping Hagia Sophia, Aya Sophia, Istanbul - Photo a day, July 13, 2012 - Turkey Travel Photography
The Aya Sophia of Istanbul, otherwise known as Hagia Sophia or St Sophia was built by Emperor Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century A.D. There were three Aya Sophia's before the magnificent one seen today. Truly, the Aya Sophia was and still is a crowning jewel of medieval Christianity. Enjoy more Hagia Sophia, Aya Sophia Turkey travel photographs (travel photos)
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Turkey: Istanbul, Hagia Sophia
Named Hagia Sophia in Greek, Sancta Sophia in Latin, the Church of the Divine Wisdom in English, and Ayasofya in Turkish, Istanbul's most famous monument has a long and
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Archaeological Travel Blog: Istanbul Part 2
So the second day of my whirlwind trip to Istanbul begun with breakfast again with the amazing view of the Blue Mosque before heading out to the archaeological museums. The museums of course are what I really came to see and I will be spending much time there at the end of my trip too but first for the scouting and the touristy part!
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Some highlights from the trip
Hiking throughout Napoli, Italy and finding a castle and a spectacular view
The most amazing view at Civita Di Bagnoregio
The Sistine Ceiling with my friends
The massive Duomo of Florence
A part of my good friends' wedding in Lubriano, Italy
Wine tasting in Chianti, Italy
The pizza in Italy, and especially Naples. Italian food in general. Mamma Mia!
Pizza's birthplace.
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Panoramic view of Historical Peninsula, Golden Horn & Bosphorus, Istanbul
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Metropolitan Time
Photo you see above was taken in Tünel, Istanbul but others are mostly from Eminönü. It is my favorite place to shop in Turkey. You can find anything you look for and also you don't look for. Wonderful fabrics, beads, jewelries, mobile phone covers, home decoration stuff and of course more. I found spikes I was looking for some DIY projects.
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Istanbul - Topkapi Palace
Topkapi Palace in the Sultanahmet district, is (to me) Istanbul's equivalent of the Tower of London in terms of splendour and intrigue. Built in 1459 by Sultan Mehmed II, the palace has been the site of centuries of political movings, particularly within the huge Sultan's harem. It plays host to the treasures and armouries collected / stockpiled over the ages, and affords great views across the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn.
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Istanbul - Day 3
So, our last full day in Istanbul. Yesterday was shopping and touring; today we’d hit the two biggest and most recognized mosques in the city and also the impressively preserved Topkapi Palace, former residence of the Ottoman Sultans.
But before I start, two lessons learned on this first major world voyage whilst maintaining my blog:
A. As much as I love my iPad, it’s a pain in the arse for blogging while traveling.
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Istanbul to Kumlubuk - Day 4
So, the all-too-quick weekend in Istanbul is finito and it's time to head south to see my dad and his wife, Angela, and in a couple of days my younger brother Eric, his wife Jerri, and his post-college-aged daughter Nicole.
I mentioned the background to all this a number of posts ago, but again the quick summary: My parents bought a small hotel in the Caribbean in 1973, then they divorced and both remarried outstandingly cool people, my dad’s wife being Angela, and they sold the hotel in '86 and my dad bought a place in north central England (Lincolnshire) and they started splitting their time between the Turks & Caicos and England, but then they began vacationing with a sorta timeshare deal and hit on this place in southwest Turkey that they fell in love with and a few years later decided to buy a small place and refurb it, and so now they tri-split their time between the three spots, and this year is my dad’s 80th birthday, so he invited us to join him there to celebrate.
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Mud and turtles
Today there were a couple of optional tours - both involved going on a boat. I decided to only do the second trip, since two boats in one day would be a bit much.
So while Dan, Dannii and I went to have a cup of tea/orange juice, the rest of the group went on a boat. It was apparently a really good trip to do, and a bunch of them took the opportunity to go for a swim, but I was quite happy with my 0.50tl Turkish tea.
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Turtle Beach
Baby loggerhead turtles nr Dalyan Turkey.
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Walking under Hadrian's Gate, Antalya - Photo a day, July 20, 2012 - Turkey Travel Photography
In the 1st century A.D., the Hadrian's Gate in Antalya, was commissioned for Emperor Hadrian. As the emperor who had the wall built in Great Britain, it is easy to see that these emperors were no prudes when it came to travel. Enjoy more Turkey travel photography (travel photos) from Antalya Turkey.
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The Grand Yazici Mares - Marmaris (Turkey)
In a word...AWESOME.
God! I'm becoming American! Never-the-less, I have to say that the hotel was excellent, truly the 5-stars it was promised to be in the brochures.
Getting there was even relatively painless (well except for a daughter who threw up four times and a son who threw up just once, 10 yards from the hotel no less). The flight was on time, the legroom was, well cramped but just about manageable, the transfers were quick and relatively painless and the check-in went smoothly - more than I'm used to I have to say.
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Marmaris Boat Trips
I have to admit that I'm always a bit wary of booking any of the excursions when on holiday at a hotel as I tend to find them dull, overly commercial and well risky. Thankfully, the gamble we took on the Marmaris Boat Trip paid off.
We went on the Thursday after we arrived, so we'd already got a bit of a tan and that helped.
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Holiday to Marmaris, Turkey.
We had an amazing time, it was so hot.
We ate at nice restaurants every night, we even found a man from Hessle in Hull who owned a kebab shop there but had moved to Turkey and opened one, we lazed by the pool a lot but it was so relaxing, we had 2 nights out on bar street which was very fun!
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Merve Saribas Miss Earth Turkey 2011
Stunning Miss Earth TURKEY 2011
Introducing Miss Turkey Earth 2011 - Merve Saribas -
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Panoramic view of Historical Peninsula, Golden Horn & Bosphorus, Istanbul
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The Timeless City of Istanbul
I was told how fascinating Istanbul is and I have heard stories from friends who have been around the city for short holidays, from there, at that very moment, I knew listening and wondering weren't good enough.
February, 2012 - the month I planned leaving for a 4-day holiday trip. It was my first time, so planning ahead of time seemed to be very important.
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Who was at the Istanbul International Arts and Culture Festival?
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The politics of fiction
Shafak uses the imagery of circles to emphasise the danger of stereotypes. When you surround anything by walls the light is shut out and what is surrounded will wither and die. Knowledge which does not take us beyond ourselves is worse than ignorance.
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Miniatures
In his remarkable novel, My Name is Red, Orhan Pamuk weaves a story around miniaturists in the 16th century Ottoman Empire, following an art form believed to have been developed and refined in Bukhara and Samarkand sometime in the early Middle Ages. Part of the reason I read historical fiction is to learn snippets of history I previously knew nothing about, and Pamuk’s book was my introduction to the glorious world of art and culture that evidently existed in what is today central Uzbekistan.
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Constellation Cafe Books : Ara Guler's Istanbul
Its rare to photograph relationships. But sometimes a photographer and a city come together, filled with nostalgia, memories and fluidity so intense and intimate that its nothing less than a masterpiece. Ara Guler's Istanbul is one such book which is not to be missed.
I had originally been introduced to this book about a year ago by a dear friend but because it was so expensive then, there was no chance of getting it.
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Have you been to Baku?
VIVEL patisserie has opened a new boutique in a gorgeous coastal city of Baku, Azerbaijan.
A land of my childhood memories, place we regularly visited during our family summer adventures. My brightest memories of Azerbaijan are those of sea, beach, stone ovens for baking bread, cheese, sturgeon kebabs, grapes, watermelons, berries, pomegranate trees, fishing, climbing, shopping at the markets.
Azerbaijan is a remarkable land.
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Scenes from Urumqi, five days before 5 July 2009
Three years on from riots and mass arrests in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Chinese authorities continue to silence those speaking out on abuses during and in the wake of the unrest...
New testimony reveals that dozens, if not hundreds, of the Uighur ethnic minority, many of whom were arrested in the wake of the riots, are still disappeared, and that the government continues to intimidate people - including families seeking information on their disappeared relatives - who reveal human rights abuses during and after the protests.
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Ulytau : Kazakh,Turk,Azerbaijani,Turkmen,Kyrgyz,Uyghur,Tatar,Uzbek
Fire In Desert, Raging For Forty Years Video
"At first glance, it could be a dramatic scene from a science-fiction movie.
But this giant hole of fire in the heart of the Karakum Desert is not the aftermath of an attack on Earth, launched from outer space.
It is a crater made by geologists more than 40 years ago, and the flames within have been burning ever since.
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Gulusu Bir Baska (Tarkan feat Ayhan Doğan) 2012
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Turkish Volleyball Star All Grown Up: Neslihan Darnel
Turkish volleyball star and Flag Bearer Neslihan Darnel caught our eye during the Parade of Nations last night.
But her feats go beyond drawing stares. At the innocent age of 19, she was part of the Turkish National Team that won the silver medal at the European Championship in 2003 and has played with the National Team nearly 100 times since then.
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Istanbul Eats culinary tour of cosmopolitan Beyoglu (Istanbul, Turkey)
Our culinary walking tour with Istanbul Eats was the highlight of our 4-day stay in Istanbul last August. Not only did we get to sample all kinds of delicious local specialties, but we also explored Beyoglu, a neighborhood full of style and character similar to Greenwich Village in New York City.
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...to Beyoğlu, Istanbul
I had been to Istanbul before, but when I returned there a couple of months ago I was not prepared for the sheer mass and array of impressions that awaited me in what used to be Constantinople. Though Sultanahmet boasts most of the tourist attractions, I actually much preferred the neighbourhood north of the Bosphorus - Beyoğlu, and the surrounding suburbs.
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İSTİKLAL STREET-İSTANBUL
Istiklal Street is the most famous street in Istanbul. This street is visited by nearly 3 million people a day. You can see Ottoman era buildings, churches, synagouges, art galleries, cinemas, cafés and famous restaurants along the street.
One of the churches that you can see in Istiklal Street is Saint Antonio Church, which was re-built in 1911 with Venetian Neo-Gothic style.
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Pre-hamam excursions
I visited the Topkapi Palace on Wednesday.
Like most of the ancient tourist attractions here, it has a rich history. The many rooms, exhibits and mosaics there are impressive and the views over the Bosphorus picturesque.
Pity about the tourist-trap add-ons though: 25 TRY access fee for starters, 15 TRY for an audio guide (not particularly useful), an additional 15 TRY to enter the Harem, where the sultan’s mother, wives, children and concubines where kept, and a 15 TRY audio guide upgrade for the Harem, because your previous audio guide won’t be very useful there.
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Biz Burdayız (Hadise)
Atiye Feat. Teoman - KAL
Amsterdam Day 2 (Part 3)
After the quick noodle meal, we came face to face with the Tuschinski Theatre. Despite the neo-Gothic-cum-Art-Nouveau façade, it is actually a modern cinema. We did not have time for movies, so a quick photo was all that we took.
The craze turned into a tulip-mania, when fortunes were won and lost through tulips
At the end of the street we came to the famous…
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Azerbaijan: Eurovision 2012 in Rewind!
The official Azeri website of the Eurovision Song Contest has published a documentary about Eurovision 2012, it shows parties, artists arriving to Baku, and many other stuff, all this happened throughout the Eurovision season this year, Enjoy!
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Tarkan - Öp Gurcell Club Remix
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The Big Turk
New student!!!!
I love meeting new people. And while I really appreciate working with Koreans, it's always refreshing to study with people who learn in a more social way. Besides, I've yet to have a student from Turkey.
When I showed up at his Yaletown apartment, I thought to myself "hmm, I wonder what's going to happen here". I'm not even sure…
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Streets of Istanbul
It's such a wonderful experience to go around the streets of Istanbul & take photographs, plenty of photographs!
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At the Blue Mosque: Logic before faith
In the side rooms of Istanbul's Sultan Ahmed Mosque, the debate between reason and revelation—logic and faith—defies the "norm." Here, one Turk's Islam favors reason over revelation, and three American Christians disagree.
The room was small and carpeted. Where there wasn't Arabic calligraphy, there were books, and where there weren't books, there were the small, 17th century windows set high in the wall.
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Back to Istanbul by train
We reached Denizli by local bus from Pamukkale and from there we were able to take our first train journey in Turkey. We had Interrail passes for the whole of Europe so tried to take the train whenever possible. However many train lines in Turkey were closed due to works, so up till now we had only taken buses. It must be added that tickets for these regional trains are incredibly cheap, so Interrail tickets are only really worth using in other countries where train travel is expensive.
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Park Life
Beautiful Sabanci Park, Turgutreis nr Bodrum
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KADİR PAŞA STREET-02 PANORAMA
Kaleiçi is the historic city center of Antalya, Turkey. Until modern times, almost the entire city was confined within its walls. It has structures dating from the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, Ottoman and modern Turkish republican eras. The Kaleiçi area is located in the centre-eastern portion of the city along the mediterranean coast fronted by the yacht harbour that dates to the Roman era.
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The Cultures of the Ephesians
Today {Thursday 26th} was a very culturally interesting day. Turkey is known as the crossroads of East and West, with a culmination of eastern traditions and more modern, western ways, rapidly taking the lead. Today was no exception. We discovered:
Impressive Roman ruins of Ephesus (see gallery below)
African monkeys
The British Beatles crossing the road
Ancient Greek philosophers thinking way too hard, (some obviously had no ideas at all!
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