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More Turkish Train Time

As I have previously mentioned, I finally made the decision to explore more of Turkey. Having got here, and realising what a diverse, huge and at times daunting country it is, it felt foolish to move quickly on to somewhere new. Of all the places in Turkey, the one that had the strongest pull...

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BenWH on April 24, 2009 from Ankara, Turkey

from the travel blog: Gap Year Odyssey

The Odyssey brings me to Homer

I had travelled to Izmir to meet an old school friend who was travelling with her family. Having promised to meet her at the hotel for breakfast, my first hurdle came when the train stopped at a station in the middle of a field and we were shepherded off and taken to a shuttle bus. The route,...

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BenWH on April 22, 2009 from Izmir, Turkey

from the travel blog: Gap Year Odyssey

Turkey - wonderful country with wonderful people in it

At the airport we were told to find Marja. Soon find a nice, very nice girl unusually restless hair, which is quickly explained that the bus to join. We went for Alanju, and it is as a representative of our agency in Turkey, contiuing to a story about some common things bla ... bla .. bla ... I...

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dariomilosavljevic on April 21, 2009 from Antalya, Turkey

from the travel blog: Turkey - wonderful country

Stuffed in Turkey

Taking trains in this part of the world can be thoroughly disconcerting for the following reasons: Firstly, whereas in the bigger stations in London, trains arrive and depart every couple of minutes, in the forty minutes I was at Haydarpasa station in Istanbul, mine was the only train to...

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BenWH on April 21, 2009 from Eskisehir, Turkey

from the travel blog: Gap Year Odyssey

The Gateway to Asia

I am starting to get the feeling of having properly started travelling. France, Italy, Croatia - these were just a warm up, though highly enjoyable. Montenegro, Serbia and through Bulgaria - challenging certainly, but the backpacker mentality still hadn't set in. But once I pulled into...

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BenWH on April 18, 2009 from Istanbul, Turkey

from the travel blog: Gap Year Odyssey

20 Lessons in 20 Days

I've been on the road now for twenty days, and it has been the most educational experience of my life. For other travellers and for those thinking of doing something like this in the future, I thought I would compile the 20 most important things I've learnt so far: 1 - Nothing is free. 2 -...

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BenWH on April 18, 2009 from Istanbul, Turkey

from the travel blog: Gap Year Odyssey