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- Shards of pottery everywhere here, some of it prob vy old. Interesting to pick up and try to discern what each piece was used for.about 16 hours ago from txt
- ... Lights strung across the street, lots of beer and happy old folks, and some superb turkish clarinet and trumpet playing.3:20 PM Jul 13th from txt
- (1:15am) Heard some music from my window, followed it through the town for half mile or so. Think i found a wedding celebration.3:18 PM Jul 13th from txt
- Feels great to leave Istanbul. I found it surprisingly underwhelming & difficult to access a real city under the thick veneer of tourism.2:23 PM Jul 13th from txt
- On the 9hr bus ride to Izmir. Now crossing the Bosphorus by ferry. Beautiful clear cool day.3:54 AM Jul 13th from txt
- After visiting one of the reputedly best baklava shops in Turkey, I now understand what all the fuss is about.6:51 AM Jul 12th from txt
- Mercifully cool and cloudy day.12:36 AM Jul 12th from txt
- To my friends at the LC: let me know if i can dial-in. If so, pls txt the details to me at +905313560452.5:48 AM Jul 11th from txt
- Man, oppressive humidity here. Far tougher weather than anywhere else so far. Hot hot hot even at 9am.7:49 AM Jul 10th from txt
- Ok, i take that back. I just found the guy hawking tubs of live leaches, swimming around like a thousand crazed strips of electrical tape.2:59 AM Jul 10th from txt
- So far, unimpressed by Istanbul's "Grand" Bazaar. In a bazaar deathmatch, both Erbil and Sulaymania would destroy this tourist trap.2:20 AM Jul 10th from txt
- Istanbul.11:52 PM Jul 9th from txt
- On the 11hr night bus to Istanbul. Turkish buses have male attendants who constantly serve water, tea, and purple zebra-striped twinkies.11:54 AM Jul 9th from txt
- My German hotel owner has a PhD in the "vernacular architecture" of these cave dwellings. I'm hoping to hear from him what that means.7:31 AM Jul 9th from txt
- Just toured the underground city in Kaymakli. Amazingly big and spacious. Some tunnels 9km long.6:38 AM Jul 9th from txt
- In the rose valley outside of Göreme. Filled with little ancient churches carved in the stone cones.6:15 AM Jul 8th from txt
- Cappadocia! Arriving at night in Göreme--extra surreal.11:33 AM Jul 7th from txt
- So far, it seems the more English a Turk speaks, the more likely he is to lie or cheat. Sign language the best way to get reliable info.9:55 AM Jul 7th from txt
- Now, on bus to Kayseri. Hills fully green now, no longer dusty; the fist-sized blue-purple thistles replaced by bright orange wildflowers.7:17 AM Jul 7th from txt
- Now leaving Kurdistan, bringing the first stage of this trip to an end. Their struggle dominated my attention here more than i expected.6:37 AM Jul 7th from txt
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- Name Travis Pantin
- Location Erbil, Iraq
- Web http://tpantin.tu...
- Bio On an overland trek through the Middle East before headıng back to the States in August.
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