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Mt. Ararat or Agri Dagi in Eastern Turkey

Dogubayazit to Kars Day 5 of an Eastern Turkey Road Trip

May 8, 2014 By Jan Robinson 30 Comments

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Driving through Eastern Turkey was one of our better Travel Decisions, although I didn’t always think so.  A stomach complaint in Dogubayazit left me momentarily wishing we had not stepped off the well worn tourist trail of the West coast.  I had manipulated things to fit this Eastern Turkey Road Trip in to our six …

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Dogubayazit Hardware Store

What is Dogubayazit Turkey like?

May 1, 2014 By Jan Robinson 23 Comments

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On 8th October, 2013 we were in Dogubayazit Turkey, fulfilling a dream, namely to visit the Ishak Pasha Palace in the far east of Turkey.  Although we had some idea what the Palace would be like, (you can see our photos here), we had no idea what the town itself would be like. In case …

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Eastern Turkey

Tortum to Dogubayazit in Eastern Turkey

April 17, 2014 By Jan Robinson 33 Comments

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Day 3 of our Eastern Turkey Road Trip dawned in Tortum, a small town we had not heard of prior to our arrival the evening before.  We had stayed late in the day hunting Georgian Churches and assumed it would be easy to find a place to stay.  It was not. We asked around. Pansiyon? …

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Tortum Golu

Exploring the Georgian Mountains of North East Turkey

March 13, 2014 By Jan Robinson 28 Comments

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Day 2 of our Eastern Turkey journey, saw Birol of Greenpiece Camping and Pansiyon suggesting we retrace our steps 7km down the road to Ispir to visit the Georgian church at Tekkale.  We did not have it in our hearts to revisit that particular 7 km of road, so when he then suggested the Church …

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Pretty Village Eastern Turkey Road Trip Day 1

When to visit the Black Sea Coast and Eastern Turkey plus a Road Trip Surprise

March 6, 2014 By Jan Robinson 36 Comments

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As day broke on our 14 hour Suha Bus journey from Goreme in Cappadocia, we were greeted by the rain, grey clouds and grey water of the Black Sea. On land this area of  Turkey is lush and green, and why wouldn’t it be, with a whopping 2500 mm of rain falling each year.  It …

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Ani Cathedral in a dramatic landscape

Eastern Turkey Trip Self Drive Itinerary

February 27, 2014 By Jan Robinson 56 Comments

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The spectacular scenery and great roads of Eastern Turkey make for a wonderful Eastern Turkey road trip. On this trip we are not travelling by car from Western Turkey, but starting out from Trabzon in the north on the Black Sea and doing a round trip as far south as Dogubayazit, to see Ishak Pasha …

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Ishak Pasa Palace Dogubayazit Turkey

Ishak Pasha Palace in Eastern Turkey

February 12, 2014 By Jan Robinson 33 Comments

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We had driven all day to arrive in Dogubayazit, a far-flung outpost in Eastern Turkey, lured by the Ishak Pasha Palace which Lonely Planet bestows with a One Thousand and One Night’s romanticism. [pinit] Arriving in Dogubayazit. The first 70 km of the day’s journey from Tortum to Erzurum was on the excellent Erzurum Artvin Yolu highway …

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Pineapples growing north of Townsville

Tuesday in Townsville Experience Pineapples and Swimming at Rollingstone Creek

February 11, 2014 By Jan Robinson 9 Comments

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On Australia Day 26th January, 2014 we went on a mini journey.  Our destination was Mt. Spec on the Paluma Range north of Townsville.  You can read about it HERE. On route we arrived at Rollingstone Creek about 55km north on the Bruce Highway, where pineapple farms border the road before the creek. We took …

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