Turkey, Asia – Episode 82
categories: asia travelThe Amateur Traveler goes to Turkey: Gaziantep, Urfa, Izmir, Ephesus, Pamukkale, and Hieropolis. This is the first of two episodes on Turkey and deals with the visit to Eastern Turkey and the Aegean coast. This episode deals with learning Turkish, Turkish food, Roman mosaics, Greek ruins, markets, hospitality, and driving.
On my trip to Turkey in 2007 to visit our former Turkish exchange student, we went to Pamukkale and Hieropolis which is a few hours drive from Ephesus. Pamukkale is a series of thermal pools and calcium deposits running down from the top of the hill. So you take off your shoes and go wade in these pools taking your picture against these snow-white deposits.
A Korean gentleman motioned to me and I thought that he wanted me to take his picture. I reached for his camera but he then made it clear that he wanted his picture taken with me. Do you suppose he is a fan of the Amateur Traveler?
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Show Notes
Photo Gallery of Turkey (Asia)
Map of Eastern Turkey
Turkey Travel Planner
Low cost airlines for flying inside Turkey:
Onur Air
Atlas Jet
Sun Express
Turkish with Sinan – Turkish lessons
Gaziantep
Map of Kurdish lands
Turkish War of Independence
Zeugma
Parthia
Turkish driving Habits
Ephesus
Riot in Ephesus
What’s the difference between Doric, Ionic and Corinthian columns
Pamukkale
Hierapolis
Click Here For Turkey Discount Hotel Reservations
Internet Resources
Preschooler Naming World Capitals
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2 Responses to “Turkey, Asia – Episode 82”
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Craig (mars-hill)
Says:March 20th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Hi Chris – Love the mosttraveledpeople site…It seems I have long way to go. I swear the US should only count once! π
Daniel M. Perez
Says:March 26th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Chris, great episode, but when listening on my Shuffle to the enhanced version downloaded from iTunes, 3/4 of the way in, it simply died. I tried it on iTunes and it happened as well. Did anyone mention something like this happening?
Looking forward to the next one (downloading now).