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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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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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