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Istanbul

First stop Istanbul and our hotel in Sultanahmet. The Kybele Hotel had over 4000 lamps in the ceilings of the lobby and rooms. This is our room and the stairs to get to our room. And the lobby of the hotel We were dealing with jet lag, and decided just to walk down to the square between...

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DRKester on August 24, 2009 from Istanbul, Turkey

from the travel blog: Turkey and Greece 2009

giriş

başlayacağım

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balkanturu on May 16, 2009 from Istanbul, Turkey

from the travel blog: Balkan Turu

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

Fırst two days ın Turkey (#5)

Arrıval ın to Turkey was thankfully drama free. Got a stamp ın our passport and we were off to see the country. Because we wanted to mıx wıth the locals (and because we are cheap), we took a streetcar ınstead of a taxı ın to the cıty of Istanbul. What a magnıfıcent cıty ıt ıs whıch we wıll see...

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katandheidi on July 8, 2007 from Istanbul, Turkey

from the travel blog: Katharina and Heidi go Backpacking

Ank

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hkenan23 on May 6, 2007 from Istanbul, Turkey

from the travel blog: hkenan23

Site up again

I'm in Istanbul now, staying at this hostel with an amazing 360 degree view. There's the bosporous close in on one side and the blue & red mosques a block away on the other. All this for a mere (pause to bring Dr. Evil finger to lips...) Ten Million Lyra! Istanbul is a great city. There's...

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Jason Kester on July 16, 2003 from Istanbul, Turkey

from the travel blog: Middle East, 2003

Day 2

Our first full day in Istanbul was a busy one and filled with many of the required tourist activities. It started with an early breakfast at the hotel, after which Mark and I headed into Istanbul proper. Our first stop, a purely practical one, was in the modern business district of Taksim to...

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shoshtrvls on June 3, 1996 from Istanbul, Turkey

from the travel blog: Turkey and Greece (1996)

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