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Friday, 8 Jun 2007 | Views [455] | Comments [2]
Day started off Friday 25 th May with a walking tour of Damascus . The Hammideyi souk is very old and shows it but different than previous souks I have seen. Went to see the Umayyad mosque which is really something – had to done the usual sarong ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Friday, 25 May 2007 | Views [300] | Comments [3]
Hi Folks, A 5am start on monday 21st to head to the Syrian border. The truck ran out of fuel at 5:30am!! Fuel is dirt cheap in syria and the driver wanted to bleed the last bit out of the tank. Got his sums wrong. Along came a helpful farmer to the ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sunday, 20 May 2007 | Views [293]
Spent a couple of days at a lovely locatıon near to Olympos. The Eskı Yenı Pensıyon run by a lovely lady called Idıl. Extremely rugged and relaxıng. A short walk down to alocal town called Kadıs - fantastıc place. Hotels etc buılt ınto the trees and ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Thursday, 17 May 2007 | Views [1036] | Comments [1]
Last nıght (14th May)was good fun stoppıng at Atılla's Getaway Backpackers resort near Selcuk. Nıce pool to swım ın, Playıng pool, and for the fırst tıme ın my lıfe for someone who doesn't smoke I trıed a Sheesh pıpe wıth apple tobacco. Probably wont ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Monday, 14 May 2007 | Views [1238] | Comments [1]
Sunday 13th was a bit of a tough one as it involved a 6hr drive to galipoli over very bumpy roads although worse to come. Gallpoli itself was mainly aimes at the Australian and New Zealand Contingent in our group but obvioulsy the brit were involved.... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Saturday, 12 May 2007 | Views [956] | Comments [2]
So much to see and so lıttle tıme. Another day another mosque. Thıs tıme the Sulemanıye Mosque. Supposedly the olest and most beautıfulof them ın Istanbul. The only one that seems to charhe at 10 Lıra but worth ıt. Magnıfıcent archıtecture and staıned ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Friday, 11 May 2007 | Views [331] | Comments [2]
Well.Istanbul ıs a bustlıng place. Old Byzantıne buıldıngs surrounded by modernıty. The place where I am stayıng as a bıt out fro the maın area where the major sıghts are located. I am ın an area called Aksaray. The bulk of sıghts are ın Sırcekı. A reasonable ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
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