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Rustem Pasha or a Mosque hidden in a Market Place

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Rustem Pasha, Istanbul’s hidden mosque, is a delightful find and if I were to live in Istanbul I know it would draw me back time and again. [pinit] Following an effortlessly balanced tray of simit, we squeezed down Hasircilar Caddesi, a street that comes to life on the edge of the colourful Istanbul Spice Market, …

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Hierapolis Photos of the Holy Spa City

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The Greco-Roman ruins of Hierapolis the Holy or Sacred City are unique in that they are conjoined with the Pamukkale travertines an unusual side effect being the amount of bikini clad bodies of all shapes and sizes that roam the site.  I am not a avid visitor of ruins and haven’t encountered this phenomena previously. While bikinis are …

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How to Visit Pamukkale Turkey Guide + Cleopatra’s Pool and Hierapolis

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My friend and I love to discuss travel and quite often our talks take us all over Turkey, to Istanbul, Cappadocia,  Eastern Turkey, the Mediterranean Coast and culminate with how best to visit Pamukkale. Because travel makes us happy and Pamukkale Turkey is one of our favourite places. She went there many years ago when …

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Cengelkoy in a hook of the Bosphorus in Istanbul

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Istanbul holds a gold mine of memories for me.  Discovering the Rustem Pasa Mosque hidden near the Spice Market in a street selling everything wooden, sitting with some Turkish kids on the thirty foot high Theodosian Walls or just living in our Galata Apartment come immediately to mind. Remembering our day at Cengelkoy (Hook Village) on the …

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The sights of Istanbul from the Kadikoy Ferry

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Stand with me for five minutes on Istanbul’s Galata Bridge amidst the fishermen with their long rods and look toward the Asian Shore.  It takes a while before a visitor here comes to terms with all the water. Flowing beneath us are the waters of the Golden Horn; in front and left the Bosphorus Straits …

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Dondurma or a Magical Turkish Icecream

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If you see a vendor dressed in Turkish Costume in Istiklal Caddesi or other places in Istanbul, beating his stainless steel tubs with a metre long icecream scoop, you have found the Dondurma or Icecream man. Turkish Icecream has an additional two ingredients – Salep and Mastic. Salep is flour made from the Early Purple …

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Sumela Monastery and the last day of our Eastern Turkey Road Trip Day 8

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I had been putting off writing about the last day of our Eastern Turkey Road Trip. It could have been that our week in Lucinda had reminded me that North Queensland was a travel destination in it’s own right, prompting a flurry of Lucinda Posts with more to come 🙂 but the real reason was I did …

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Trout for Lunch at Camlihemsin

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  We chose to visit Camlihemsin an authentic workaday town instead of Ayder, the famous hiking destination further up the valley.  If we had not already viewed Kackar Mountain scenery or had more time we definitely would have visited Ayder and more of the Firtina Valley. I love this photo of our Camlihemsin Reception Committee …

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