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Posted on November 4, 2009 by eternal

And we’re done.
Complete.
Over.
Done.
On Jan 5th, we left Phoenix for Bangkok and on Nov 5th we will return to Seattle. It has been 10 months of being on the road living out a trip that we had planned for two years. The money is gone (more than we expected!) and the adventure is over. I can’t [...]

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The Brawl, or I Hate Turkish Cabbies

Posted on November 2, 2009 by kelch25

Read the Lonely Planet.  Read any other travel book and they will all forewarn you that the biggest annoyance in Istanbul are the taxi drivers. There is no meter, so you’re advised to agree on a price before you get in the car.  AS IF that works. As we found out, it doesn’t.
We met my [...]

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