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Santorini, Greece

Posted on August 13, 2012 by cheznmal

Ruins of Ancient City of Akrotiri

Traditional Greek Show

Mal dancing, Greek Style

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Derinkuyu Underground City, Turkey

Posted on August 1, 2012 by cheznmal

Finding a friendly face in the catacombs…

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Cappadocia, Turkey

Posted on August 1, 2012 by cheznmal

It was such a nice day, even the horse was smiling….

Spider woman

The lady who lured us into her house to show us how old it was (200yrs plus) only to ambush us with her array of homemade trinkets, which, incidentally she had hidden behind the front door. We were like 2 little flies, caught in her web. We couldn’t escape without buying something. Damn you spider woman!

P.s. we had to lure her from her lair to get this photo.

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Gallipoli, Turkey

Posted on August 1, 2012 by cheznmal

Anzac Cove

Ari Burnu Cemetery

Lone Pine Memorial

Australian trenches at Johnstone’s Jolly

New Zealand trenches at Chunuk Bair

WW1 boat wreck off North Beach

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Pergamum, Turkey

Posted on August 1, 2012 by cheznmal

The Temple of Trajan

The Theatre

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Efesus, Turkey

Posted on August 1, 2012 by cheznmal

The Library

The Theatre

The Crowds

The Virgin Mary’s House (where she spent her last days)

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Pamukkale/Denzli, Turkey

Posted on August 1, 2012 by cheznmal

The Famous Pamukkale Terraces

Aphrodisias

Monumental Gateway (built c 200AD)

The Stadium – a fight to the death…

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2012 Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival, Turkey

Posted on July 21, 2012 by cheznmal

Where men don leather pants, cover themselves in copious amounts of olive oil and wrestle until the death (or until one guy crushes the other guys nuts and the other guy rolls over and starts crying – see below)…

The competition was hot…very hot…

Some of the techniques were a bit suss….

There were winners

And there were losers…

But only one Grand Champion -Ali!

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Istanbul, Turkey

Posted on July 18, 2012 by cheznmal

Ayasofya

The Basilica Cistern

The Blue Mosque

Turkish Delight Shop

Turkish Lights in the Grand Bazaar

The Twirling Dervish

The Shoeshine Scam

The shoe shine guy “accidentally” drops his brush while walking along the bridge. A kind man picks it up and chases after the shoe shine guy to return it. The shoe shine guy is so grateful he offers the guy a free shoe shine. Of course, the guy accepts. The shoe shine guy shines the guys shoes, all the while chatting to the guy, asking him questions about himself etc etc. The guy feels bad about getting the shoe shine for free and gives the shoe shine guy a few Turkish Lira – bingo! The shoe shine guy wins! Haha..it’s a classic scam (and well documented in the Lonely Planet guidebook and online travel forums). We saw it happen three times in ten minutes – so funny we laughed our arses off!

P.s the guy in the photo had suede shoes! Haha…..