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Cornering the Bread Market
Bizarre Bazaar was the title I had always suspected I would use when I finally reached the Grand Bazaar however there was very little Bizarre and a bit more of the ordinary. »
Dysfunctional Chaos
There's a certain order that can be found in the sea of tourists, the willingness to queue quite orderly for an attraction or even an attraction within an attraction. »
Of Ancient Cities, Magic Carpets, Mosques and Palaces
A wooden horse stands at the entrance to an archaeological dig site, the replica, significantly smaller than the one you may be familiar with is a mark of this once thriving city. I am of course talking of Troy. »
Anzac
May 2014 - Turkey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 25, 1915. Known to all Australians and New Zealanders as Anzac Day. A commemoration to the lives lost on the shores of Gallipoli, where you will find me today. A twelve seater Mercedes Mini Van barely fits into the street in front of the »
Meet the Parents
May 2014 - Turkey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 hours in either direction and at 10am this morning I am standing in the entrance to the Emirates Business Class lounge waiting for Dad to appear and grant me entre to the spoils of a higher class travel experience. Sadly this experience lasted all »
Reality Forgotten
May 2014 - Dubai -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One day was all it took for Dubai to embrace me with its craziness and take me far away from any form of my real world. It begins to lure you in when you first see the Burj Kalifa off in the distance: My first »
Teeny Tiny Beauty
March 2014 - Whistler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A morning on the mountain is amazing motivation to wake up on the weekend... well not too early. It's a fine balance between sleeping in and squeezing in a quick couple of runs before an early lunch, because the search for a seat »
In Search of Sangria on Rainday
October 2011 - London and Barcelona -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainday, not Sunday, Rainday. We like the thousands of other tourists in the city headed for the one tiny shopping centre that is opened on Rainday. Jonno wished he wore his boots, I just wished I had a pair of shoes other than »
It's all about the money-or the lack of where to spend it
October 2011 - London and Barcelona -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To use the most of our two day bus pass we hopped back on the bus and headed back into the centre of the city. After stopping to play with the masses of pigeons at the Placa de Catalyuna (spelling pending) before walking »
Tourist vs. Rain
October 2011 - London and Barcelona -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This morning we woke up, looked out the window and onto Balceloneta Beach and saw… RAIN… Lots and lots of rain. This was going to be fun. Obviously our motivation waivered and it took a little longer to get started this morning. We »
Cookie Dough Room Service
October 2011 - London and Barcelona -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Travel day so let’s fast forward in chunks like Tivo does. Eggs for Breakfast, Car to City, Train to Gatwick, Wrong Terminal at Gatwick, Shuttle to North Terminal, Flight to Barcelona and on descent we could make out the Hotel, landed, car »