Turkey-Israel-Travel-08-09
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Turkey Day Four – Renting A Car
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Today was by far the craziest and busiest day yet. We woke up at 8:00, and quickly set up our plan, grabbed a bag of bread, clementines and cheese from the cafe, and headed to the car rental office. Also, the rain had stopped, and blue sky had started to burn through the clouds. We…
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Turkey Day Three – Adana to Antakya
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Today we slept in, waking at 9:00 after a solid 9 hours of sleep – much needed after getting 3 hours the previous night. We quickly packed up our gear, Kirk and I had a quick internet cafe session, and then we had a quick morning tea with the Ak Otel (hotel) staff. Before hopping…
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Sunday Night Dinner
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Image_26.jpg Originally uploaded by jamfan2 Testing the new turkish cell phone
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Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Istanbul
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Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Istanbul Originally uploaded by jamfan2 Waiting to board our flight from Istanbul to Adana — Sent via mobile. —
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Turkey Day One – All Over Istanbul
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Here’s the summary so far… I’m going to try to keep track of what we do, log-style, on the iPhone… Woke up early at 9, left the house at 9:30. Pastries, tea and OJ at a local bakery… Also more good Turkish tea. Kirk went off to a meeting, Steph and I took the tram…
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Doerte Pouring Tea
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Doerte Pouring Tea Originally uploaded by jamfan2 Dourte pouring tea, Kirk looking on. Sunday evening dinner. — Sent via mobile. —
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Tea With Malaysian Friends at Beylerbyi
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Tea With Malaysian Friends at Beylerbyi Originally uploaded by jamfan2 — Sent via mobile. —
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Landed In Istanbul
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My first day traveling is almost over, and it’s been a long one. I started out on a 19:00 flight out of Newark, to Paris (CDG). The plane was delayed by the winter storm getting out of Newark, so on landing in Paris, I had already missed my flight. I was actually somewhat hoping I…
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Testing Before (Possible) Departure
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Testing the email to wordpress feature before heading off. For some reason posts send via email are being classified as “pending review” by WordPress, instead of “published”. Something I’ll need to look into- I thinks it relates to the email address used to send the message… Things in EWR are looking ok still… Weather sucks,…
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Setting Out to Turkey – If The Weather Holds
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Tonight I’m set to fly out of NYC, headed through Paris, on my way to Istanbul, Turkey. All packed up, ready to go – and now snow in the city. Hoping I can get out of here ok. Packing- For this trip, I’m taking two bags with me – my 40L Jack Wolfskin Alpine Pack,…