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Monthly Archives: September 2019
Touring Turkey Part 3: Pamukkale/Hierapolis, Konya, and Cappadocia (July 27 – 29)
The first stop on this part of my tour was to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the ancient city of Hierapolis, Pamukkale Springs and the Travertine Terraces. Pamukkale is Turkish for “cotton castle” and that is exactly what these … Continue reading
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Tagged “A Gift of Love” Deepak & Friends, Agora, Basilica Baths, Byzantine Orthodox churches, Cappadocia, Cave houses, Cavusin Village, Central Turkey, Christian Basilica, Cleopatra’s Pool, Devrent Valley, Frontinus Gate, Frontinus Street, Goreme Open Air Museum, Greek Ouzzo, Gymnasium of Hierapolis, Hierapolis, Hot mineral springs, Kaymakli Underground City, Konya, Latrina, Love Valley, Luxury cave hotel suite, Mausoleum, Mosque, Museum of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi, Nature’s handy work of rocks, North side travertine pools, North Terraces, Northern Necropolis, Nymphaeum of Tritons, Pamukkale, Pamukkale Springs, Pasabag, Pigeon Valley, Red clay pottery, Red valley, Rose valley, Seljuk Turks, Southern Gate, Sunrise hot air balloon, Temple of Apollo, Theater, Tombs, Traditional folk show, Travertine Terraces, Turkey’s signature drink, Uchisar Castle, UNESCO, Whirling Dervishes, YENI RAKI
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Touring Turkey Part 2: The City of Troy, Pergamum, Kusadasi and Ephesus (July 25 – 27)
The City Of Troy I began my second day on the road with a visit to the ruins and excavation of Homer’s fabled city of Troy. You will recall the Greek historian and poet wrote that Troy was destroyed because … Continue reading
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Tagged Aegean Sunsets, Agora, Carpet-Making Demonstration, Celsus Library, City Gates, City Walls, Ephesus, Greece, Gymnasium, hammams, Helen of Troy, House of Virgin Mary, Kusadasi, Lower Agora, New Testament Book of Revelation, Pergamon Alter, Pergamum, public toilets, Red Basilica, Roman baths complex, Royal Palaces, Sanctuary of Demeter, Schliemann, Silk Road to China, Temple for Trajan and Zeus, Temple of Artemis, Temple of Athena, Temple of Dionysus, Temple of Domitian, Temple of Hadrian, Temple of Hera, The Basicica Stoa, The House of Pleasure, The marbled main street, the outdoor theater, Theater, Theater Gymasium, Troy, Upper Agora, Upper Citadel
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Turkey 7 Cities/Sites in 11 days on Plan B, Part 1: (July 22 – 24)
As you will recall if you read my Khiva and Out Blog, I spent my last two days in Uzbekistan going thru a stressful 48 hours working my way thru not only an emergency plan B but then a plan … Continue reading
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Tagged ANZAC Cove, Archaeological Museum, Ari Burnu, Aussies, Basilica Cistern, Beach Cemetery, Blue Mosque, Bosporus Dinner Cruise, Brighton Beach, Byzantine, Byzantine Building, Cappadocia, Chunuk Bair, Emperor Severus, enjoy a Turkish Bath, Ephesus, Gallipoli, German Fountain, Grand Bazaar, Hagia Sophia, Hippodrome, Hippordrome, Istanbul, Johnson’s Jolly, Konya and the museum/mausoleum of the Sufi Mystic and Poet Rumi, Lone Pine Cemetery, Muslim, Obelisk of Theodosius, Ottoman, Pamukkale, Pergamon, Roman, Serpent Column, Shrapnel Valley, Spice Bazaar, Taksim Square, the Basilica Cistern, The Battle for the Dardanelles, the battlefield of Gallipoli, the last home of Mother Mary, The Nek and Walker’s Ridge, The Remains of the Roman Hippodrome, Topkapi Palace, Turkey, Turkish Memorial, Whirling Dervish Religious Ceremony/Tourist Show
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A Bottle of Vodka, a Few Beers, Juicy Lamb Kababs then off to Khiva and finding my way out of Uzbekistan (July 19 – 21)
While in Bukhara, Shira talked me into visiting a Carpet Merchant friend of hers. I went into the demonstration sure I had no interest in purchasing anything. I was shown both wool and silk carpets made in the old way … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th century Kunya Ark, 19th century Karavansaray of Ollukulikhan, 19th century Muhammand Rakimkhan Maddrassah, 19th century Tosh Hovli, Border Fiasco, Bukhara, Central Asia, Complex of Ichan Kala, Complex of Pahlavon Mahmu, Gobi Desert, Juma Mosque, Kalta-minor Minaret, Khiva, Khiva Old Town, Lamb Kababs, Mausoleum, Mausoleums of Pahlavon Mahmoud, Minorai Islom Khodja and Madrassha, Minorai Islom-Khodja, Muhammad Aminkhan Maddrssha, Mulberry Paper Making Business, old Citadel, Samarkand, Sayid Allavuddin and Shergozikhon, the 19th century Kalta Minor (Short Minaret), the 19th century Ollukulikhan Maddrassah, Tosh Hovli Palace, Turkey, UNESCO, Uzbeki-Tajiki, Uzbekistan
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A Night in the Gobi then Bukhara, Uzbekistan (July 16 – 19)
You have two options to reach Bukhara from Samarkand. You can drive 4 to 5 hours on an awful road. Or, you can take a modern high-speed train that makes the trip in comfort in an hour and a half. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander the Great’s Nur Fortress, Ark Fortress, Bolo Haus Mosque, Bolo Haus Pond, Bukhara, Bukhara Old Town, Central Asia, Chashma Springs, Chashmai Ayub Mausoleum, Complex of Bhautdin Nakshband, Complex of Poi Kalon, Dome of Abdullakhan, Gobi, Gobi Desert, Hazrat Ali, Kalyan Minaret, Kalyan Mosque, Lyabi Haus Complex, Madrassah Abdulazizkhan, Madrassah Kukeldash, Madrassah Nadir Divan-Begi, Madrassah Ulugbek, Madrassahs, Magoki Attorrri Mosque, Mausoleum of Samanids, Minarets, Mir-i-Arab Madrassah, Monument Chor Minor, Mosque, Mosques, Nurata, Quran, Samarkand, Silk Road, Statue of Hodji, Summer Palace of emir Sitorai Mokhi Khossa, Sunrise, Toki Sarrafon Trading Dome, Toki Tepak-Furushon Dome, Toki Zargaron Dome, Tomb of Ismoil Samoniy, Trading Domes, Uzbekistan, Yurt camp
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan – The Rematch! (July 15 – 16, 2019)
If you have read my previous blog about my 2017 aborted visit to Uzbekistan after a brief one day tour of Tashkent – you are aware that I was unable to reenter the country after a short side trip to … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th-century Mausoleum of Amir Timur, Abu Ali ibn-Sina (Avicenna), Bibi-Khanym Mosque, Central Asian, Great sextant, king-sized Quran stand, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Observatory of Mirzo Ulugbek, Samarkand, Samarkand’s Registan Square, Shakhi Zinda Necropolis, Statue of the great Ulugbek, Timur’s heir Ulughbek, Ulugbek, Uzbekistan, Yalangtush Bahadur
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