Category Archives: Turkey

• Abandoned Ani – On the road to nowhere…

  Posted on June 1, 2014 by noflytri in History, Turkey.

  Having dragged myself away from Istanbul, I’ve enjoyed relaxing and taking in some of Turkey’s other famous attractions. The Roman ruins at Ephesus and the tourist and ballooning hotspot of Cappadocia. Both were good, but neither stood out. Ephesus, with its crowds does compare rather unfavourable to some of the lonely ancient cities I’ve seen in […]

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• Istanbul – the first milestone

  Posted on May 20, 2014 by noflytri in First Impressions, Turkey.

  This travel blogging lark is actually quite hard. I’m conscious it is all too easy for any post to turn into a list of “and then I did this, and then I ate that…. etc etc.” so I end up putting off writing posts in the hope something dramatically interesting will happen. It also takes […]

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