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24 Hours In Istanbul

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24 Hours In Istanbul Turkey Istanbul | 24 Hours In Istanbul Turkey We were in Istanbul 10 years ago and I really did not like it. I don’t know why, maybe it was because I had the flu or maybe it was because we stayed in crappy accommodation but I just did not like it. I was determined that this time I would have a fresh look and give Istanbul another chance, after all it is one of the worlds ‘gre...
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The Dogu Express Across Turkey

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The Dogu Express Across Turkey The Dogu Express Across Turkey Catching The Dogu Express From Kars To Ankara When I was researching the easiest way to get from Georgia to Eastern Europe overland the most straightforward way was to travel through Turkey. I then kept coming across vague referrals to a train that crossed Turkey - the Dogu Express. So it was the Dogu Express it was - a 30 hour journey...
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Kars | A Few Days In Kars Turkey

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A Few Days In Kars TurkeyAnd Visiting The Ancient Ruins Of Ani Kars | A Few Days In Kars Turkey And Visiting The Ancient Ruins Of Ani Travelling From Hopa To Kars In Far Eastern Turkey How To Get From Hopa To Kars I am not sure what I expected on this journey but we travelled through the most spectacular countryside, towering mountains and deep gorges with rushing rivers. We climbed to nearly 250...
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Turkey

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Turkey
Turkey Turkey: We landed by  in Turkey at the town of Ayvalik and hiked to couple of kms into town looking for the bus station for a bus to take us north to discover that the bus station was a 100 metres from the ferry port in the other direction! After a very ordinary lunch we hiked back to the bus station and boarded a mini van that that was packed to the ceiling and stopped at just about every...
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