My 1978 “Hippie Trail” Journal: Herat, Afghanistan
17:08 19/08/2021
With the fall of Afghanistan, I’ve been reflecting on my travel experiences there as a 23-year-old backpacker on the “Hippie Trail” from Istanbul to...
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A Perfect Week in Istanbul (recommendations and itinerary)
11:50 03/08/2021
If you have a trip planned to Istanbul or you might visit this grand city at some point, this perfect week in Istanbul post is for you... During my 21...
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This is the Islamic World
16:42 31/01/2017
Let me show you a world that is too often misunderstood. Women gossiping in a park. Istanbul, 2013. Soft sand, palm trees, and some of the bluest waters...
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Our President Just Built a Wall...and We’re All Going to Pay for It
7:30 31/01/2017
This spring, my Istanbul-based tour guides planned an educational tour to Iran and extended an open invitation to our tour guides and staff. A half-dozen...
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Top 5 off-the-beaten track things to do in Istanbul
22:36 07/12/2016
I visited this mesmerizing city for the first time in February of this year and fell in love! Fell in love with it’s dazzling colors, vibrant...
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Failed Turkish coup reinforces the notion that airline seats are commodities
19:25 21/09/2016
On a Friday in late July, the world watched tanks rather than planes rolling down the runway at Istanbul’s International airport. Though the coup attempt...
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My Thoughts on Traveling to Turkey after the Recent Bombing
0:44 30/06/2016
In light of Tuesday’s terrorist attack on Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport, it’s understandable that those dreaming of travel to Turkey are...
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Why I pulled out of the World Tourism Forum in Istanbul
23:25 03/02/2016
At this moment, I was meant to be 30,000 feet up in the air somewhere over Europe getting ready to soon land in Istanbul and speak at the World Tourism...
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Why I pulled out of Istanbul
2:04 03/02/2016
At this moment, I was meant to be 30,000 feet up in the air somewhere over Europe getting ready to soon land in Istanbul and speak at the World Tourism...
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Galata Tower
11:51 11/01/2016
Inmates imprisoned here during the Ottoman era would imagine flying across the Bosphorous to freedom. Centuries later, Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi did just that, an early aviator who flew on artificial...