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TURKEY | Sunday, 26 Jun 2011 | Views [2689] | Comments [2]
A mere hour by sea-bus from the city swell lie the Prince’s Islands, a collection of nine small islands offering welcome relief from the city chaos. We spent our second day on the largest island, Büyükada, aboard rented bicycles, cruising up and down ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, cycling, istanbul, princes islands, travel writing, travel writing scholarship, trekking, turkey
TURKEY | Saturday, 25 Jun 2011 | Views [2094]
The Land Walls, Istanbul . After meeting with my mentor Terry at the
decidedly non-Turkish (but conveniently easy to find) Starbucks and discussing
my upcoming assignments over chai latte, we headed out to a lesser-trodden area
of town for ... Read more >
Tags: istanbul, land of walls, rough guides, travel writing, travel writing scholarship, trekking, turkey
TURKEY | Friday, 24 Jun 2011 | Views [3352] | Video
What better way to get an inside view on
Turkey, than to ask someone who makes a living guiding people through the country? Meet
our BikeHike tour guide, Turan, a professional tour guide born and bred in the
Aladaglar range of the Taurus Mountains.... Read more >
Tags: cappadocia, guide, istanbul, tour, travel writing, travel writing scholarship, trekking, turkey
TURKEY | Thursday, 23 Jun 2011 | Views [5608]
Before winning this competition I admit that I’d never been on a tour in my life. Sure, I’ve done the occasional two-day camping tour or hired a local guide to take me around, but I’d never even considered booking on an all-inclusive package tour, ... Read more >
Tags: backpacker, bikehike adventures, tour, travel, travel writing, travel writing scholarship, trekking, turkey
TURKEY | Saturday, 11 Jun 2011 | Views [2494]
. Hot air balloons have always held a somewhat magical fascination for me. As a child, I remember running across the fields to watch hot air balloons land in the British countryside and marveling at the enormity ... Read more >
Tags: cappadocia, fairy chimneys, hot air ballooning, sunrise, travel writing scholarship, trekking, turkey
TURKEY | Friday, 10 Jun 2011 | Views [3074]
Cappadocia, Turkey . . Carved into the soft volcanic rock like secret hideouts, Cappadocia’s cave hotels have unsurprisingly made a name for themselves amongst tourists visiting the region and ours, the Gamirasu Cave Hotel (http://www.gamirasu.... Read more >
Tags: bike, cappadocia, travel, travel writing scholarship, trekking, turkey
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