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En Route To Istanbul

En Route To Istanbul

by Calvin Sun | Jun 14, 2011 | Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Türkiye (Turkey)

  It’s currently 3am in Turkey, and I’m sipping very very hot chai at a very very cold remote rest stop 3 hours outside of Istanbul. They made me pay to use their squat toilet. Oh squat toilets, how I missed you so.   — What we did a few...
Backpacker’s Guide To The Cafe

Backpacker’s Guide To The Cafe

by Stephanie Quan | Jun 14, 2011 | Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Türkiye (Turkey)

While Calvin is going back to the hotel to grab our bags for the bus back to Istanbul, let me describe my surroundings. I’m typing this with a wireless connection in Panorama Cafe. There are clay pots which hang from the ceiling with backpacker’s...
Cappadocia On The ATV

Cappadocia On The ATV

by Calvin Sun | Jun 14, 2011 | Fit for Foodies, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Türkiye (Turkey)

  Just because the balloons got rained out doesn’t mean we can’t have another kind of adventure:   We rented a couple of ATVs and took them out on the town, and caught some beautiful views: Sonya: “Maybe that’s why they call it love valley?” Oh Sonya, you’re...
ATV Diaries

ATV Diaries

by Stephanie Quan | Jun 14, 2011 | Introspection, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Türkiye (Turkey)

preface. I thought I’d be able to charge my camera with a mini usb. wrong. so I’m stealing Calvin’s photos until we can get back to Istanbul and find a camera store with the proper charger for my camera battery. While riding atv’s, here are a...
Another 5AM Morning

Another 5AM Morning

by Calvin Sun | Jun 14, 2011 | Fail, Fit for Foodies, How's the weather?, Let me tell you a Story..., Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Türkiye (Turkey)

  UPDATE 4 hours later: What a fail. The rain picked up so much by the time we got to the balloons that they decided to send us home. They said they would call us in 2-3 hours if they decided to start it up again but as far as I know, nothing is happening....
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