Istanbul Travel Blogs - Page 15

Istanbul as a city is so rich in culture that this is a must-see for people who loves history. Food is impeccable and people are one of a kind!

A road trip to Baku to watch Azerbaijan v Wales in the world cup, and raising money for orphanages along the way!

In early 2007, my wife and I are travelling around the world over a six month period.

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So its been about 2 months since the last trip, work is the usual and home life is hectic, so many things to get done and so little time. I was at home reading a newspaper article when I saw an advert for exploration of the Silk road through Asia, which looked different, I mean there were some plac…

worked, met friends, saw nice places

Here I show yo my favourite trip photos!

..Side, Kemer, Antalay!!!SUN! SUN! SUN!

Flying on that EgyptAir plane felt more like a blind taxi driver on a high way! You just move right and left whenever the plane moved and landing was accompanied with this loud sound of the wheels hitting hard that i never heard before when i flew!....Anyways the food also reminded me of my high sc…

Everybody has his/her thing when taking travel photo's. Mine's is jumping alone or preferably with the locals.

İstanbul - 20 March 2006   I arrived at Istanbl airport early evening and headed into town using the excellent public transport. Lonely Planet (LP - the backpacker's bible) had recommended the Hostel Istanbul in Sultanhamet. The Blue Mosque was the first thing that İ saw on hitting the cit…

We came on friday night and on Saturday went around the city, then on the Sunday we rented a scooter an made a trip to Sesimbra, Sentubal and came back across the Bridge of Vasco de Gama, on Moday we went west to Cascais,Cabo da Roca and Sintra.Monday night was briliant in a fado pub!!

I accidentally went to Istanbul during Ramadan. It was a very rewarding mistake.

Returning to the place where my father spent his summers as a child has proven to be a magical experiece. The island is small and the inhabitants have been living there for generations and greet each other in the streets. On the hilltops there is a beautiful breeze especially as the sun prepares to set. There are wild fruit trees everywhere and kittens scampering in people's flower gardens. At night the island is alive and families and friends gather in the center to drink, gossip and dance.

My erasmus stay in Turkey :P