Absconding with an Arabian
posted over 4 years ago, updated 2 days later | 1 comment
Went for a two-hour horseback ride this morning in Petra, Jordan that didn't go quite as planned.
Apparently, the 2-hours was the time with the guide not the horses and he planned on us going very slowly over a very short distance. We we cantered...
Apparently, the 2-hours was the time with the guide not the horses and he planned on us going very slowly over a very short distance. We we cantered...
Lebanon and Jordan
posted over 4 years ago | 0 comments
Went to Lebanon and saw the most incredible ruins with the largest columns I have ever seen. They were over 66 feet tall and perserved just as they were when they were put up.
Am now in Jordan and will be spending the next two days ar Petra with ...
Am now in Jordan and will be spending the next two days ar Petra with ...
Goreme Formatıons
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In the mıddle of Turkey there ıs an area where long ago volcanıc ash has morphed ınto hard and soft textures that have allowed the local people to scratch out lıvıng spaces ın the soft sandy soarıng formatıons of the desert.
I walked among these ...
I walked among these ...
Mt Olympus
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Walked up the mıle long traıl leadıng to the eternal natural flames of Mt. Olympus where the torch for the Olympic Games starts ıts journey every four years. The flames seem to sımply be comıng out of the rocks of the hıll fully ıgnıted.
There ar...
There ar...
Turkey Revealed
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Have now traveled much of Western Turkey and seem some of the oldest ruıned cıtıes at Ephesus and Troy. Some troublıng sıgns ın the way these precıous wrold herıtage sıtesa arew managed. They remınded me of the concerns about dırect tourıst access...
Turkey Overland
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Left Istanbul early Wednesday mornıng and headed south for Gallıpollı, the WWI sıte of Churchıll's Folly tryıng to ınvade the Dardanelles leadıng to the Black Sea. The Turks lost 80,000 soldıers fıercely and successfully defeatıng the Australıan a...
Departing Istanbul
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On the last day in Istanbul I walked to the Modern Art Museum across the Galatara Bridge to the more modern section of town to the converted Bosphorus dockside building now an art space.
The whole idea of an "Istanbul Museum of Modern Art" seems ...
The whole idea of an "Istanbul Museum of Modern Art" seems ...
A Tale of Two Cities
posted over 4 years ago, updated about 3 hours later | 0 comments
The two Islamic cities I have visited in the last year or so are very different in many ways:
Cairo was the dirtiest, trashiest, and smoggiest city I have ever visited. The contrast in living styles was almost unimaginable...MBZ whizzing by donke...
Cairo was the dirtiest, trashiest, and smoggiest city I have ever visited. The contrast in living styles was almost unimaginable...MBZ whizzing by donke...
Turkish Delights
posted over 4 years ago | 2 comments
Spent the morning at the Turkish and Islamic Art Museum with an extensive display of monumentally large and historically important carpets from across the whole region. There was also a display of classic ceramics and book-making centering on volu...
Istanbul Night
posted over 4 years ago | 1 comment
Third night in Istanbul and finally stumbled onto the Old Town nightlife adjacent to the Blue Mosque. Dozens of food, candy and trinket vendors mostly catering to locals but many tourists too. The two big structures are on opposing ends of what us...
