July 2008
| 7/31/08 |
Images #9-Yanar Dag (Fire Mountain) posted by tango74 (0 comments) The second most popular tourist destination (this is all presumption) is Yanar Dag, which litera... |
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| 7/31/08 |
Image #8- Mud Volcanoes posted by tango74 (0 comments) It took a major effort to reach the mud volcanoes of Azerbaijan- arguably the country's m |
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| 7/30/08 |
Images of the Trip #7 (Who is that Guy on the Billboard?) posted by tango74 (0 comments) Anyone who has been to Azerbaijan has undoubtedly noticed the billboards to the late Heydar Aliy... |
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| 7/30/08 |
Images from the Trip- #6 (Misha the Bear) posted by tango74 (0 comments) In one of my entries about my visit to Baku, Azerbaijan, I commented on how I chose to eat at Mi... |
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| 7/29/08 |
Entry #5_ "Zagor" posted by tango74 (0 comments) "Zagor" is other Sergio Bonelli creation which was even more popular in Turkey than it wa... |
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| 7/29/08 |
Entry #4_ "Mister No" posted by tango74 (0 comments) "Bu ne bicim bok" (What kind of shit is this) is something I uttered at a Istanbul ... |
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| 7/28/08 |
Images of Turkey and Azerbaijan #3 (Karagoz and Hacivat) posted by tango74 (0 comments) The Turkish shadow puppets of Karagoz (left, the one with the beard) and Hacivat (left) represent... |
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| 7/28/08 |
Images of Turkey and Azerbaijan #2 (Koco Kalfa) posted by tango74 (0 comments) The image here on the right is that of Koco (Kocho) Kalfa. The longtime Buyukada resident who was... |
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| 7/28/08 |
Images of the Trip to Turkey and Azerbaijan (1 of 10) posted by tango74 (0 comments) Since all my entries during the trip were from internet cafes or hotel lobbies, I decided it woul... |
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| 7/27/08 |
Back Home in Ole Virginia posted by tango74 (0 comments) Whew! It was a long trip back...........I could write a Kafkaesque novel about what h... |
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| 7/25/08 |
Exitting Stage Left......... posted by tango74 (0 comments) Tomorrow (Saturday) is our last day in Turkey. We will be spending it İstanbul. ... |
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| 7/25/08 |
Reading Maxim in İstanbul posted by tango74 (1 comments) Anyone who has ever ventured outside their native country knows that there are times when you... |
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| 7/24/08 |
And the Grand Prize İs....... posted by tango74 (0 comments) .......Two cds from Turkish pop singing sensation Candan Ercetin plus one more cd from some g... |
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| 7/24/08 |
And the Big Grand Prize Winner İs......... posted by tango74 (0 comments) İ am declaring my brother-in-law Matt Lovell of Mesa AZ (not where he actually resides) the b... |
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| 7/23/08 |
Perhaps God Exists After All (perhaps!) posted by tango74 (0 comments) The girl İ mentioned in a previous blog entry (Waiting for Godot) actually came to meet me af... |
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| 7/23/08 |
Time for a Humane Society in Turkey? posted by tango74 (1 comments) İ had a chance to see my friend İlhan who lives in America get married to his lovely new brid... |
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| 7/19/08 |
Why İ Should Not Have Read 'Waiting for Godot' posted by tango74 (0 comments) Yesterday during some down time İ decided to read the classic Samuel Beckett play 'Waiting fo... |
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| 7/19/08 |
Remembering Kocho Kalfa posted by tango74 (0 comments) The most famous resident of Buyukada was perhaps the Russian political figure Leon Trotsky wh... |
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| 7/18/08 |
CONTEST: Guess Which Movie is Showing Here? posted by tango74 (0 comments) As the six people who have been regularly reading this blog know İ have been seeing a couple ... |
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| 7/18/08 |
Sign of the Times posted by tango74 (0 comments) As most folks know Turkey is a country which has a long smoking tradition. The country has he... |
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| 7/17/08 |
Today at the Pazar in Buyukada posted by tango74 (0 comments) For those who saw my earlier entry there is an open market here on the island which they call... |
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| 7/17/08 |
Bad Cat! posted by tango74 (0 comments) News came from my sister that our family friend Linda who is taking care of my beloved cat Gi... |
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| 7/16/08 |
Top Things İ Really Like About Turkey posted by tango74 (0 comments) Here are the top 10 things İ like most about Turkey. Some superficial things like the people ... |
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| 7/16/08 |
Top 10 Things İ Miss Most in the USA posted by tango74 (0 comments) Before İ went to Azerbaijan (İ have since returned to Turkey) _İ made a list of 20 things İ m... |
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| 7/15/08 |
Last Entry from the (Former) USSR posted by tango74 (0 comments) I was going to list ten unusual things I saw here in Azerbaijan, but due to time constraints ... |
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| 7/15/08 |
Misha's or McD's? posted by tango74 (0 comments) It is fittingly ironic that I found out that the right-wing Reagan-era action film "Red Dawn,... |
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| 7/14/08 |
Bumper Cars Without Bumping posted by tango74 (0 comments) Last night, I went to the local luna park here in Baku and I took in a bumper cars ride follo... |
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| 7/14/08 |
Cows by the Caspian posted by tango74 (0 comments) Greetings once again from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku.It is a bit hot here today,but hope... |
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| 7/12/08 |
The Strangest Thing I Saw Today in Baku posted by tango74 (0 comments) There was a homeless woman drinking a Fanta near Fountain Square here in Baku. Sadly, ... |
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| 7/12/08 |
Will Smith Dubbed in Russian?! Oh Nyet! posted by tango74 (0 comments) This is my first entry from what was once a part of the Soviet Union as I am in Baku, the cap... |
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| 7/10/08 |
Judas Priest in İstanbul posted by tango74 (0 comments) As İslamic fundamentalsm is spreading in Turkey (like Christian Coalition memberships are in ... |
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| 7/10/08 |
Youtube Really is Banned in Turkey...but not Facebook! posted by tango74 (0 comments) My friend Bahadir Acuner who lives near Seattle said something about Youtube being banned in ... |
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| 7/9/08 |
Turkish Cab Driver Endorses Obama posted by tango74 (0 comments) There have been many amusing things which have happend to us on our trip to Turkey. On... |
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| 7/9/08 |
İ Was Not Near the American Consulate Today... posted by tango74 (0 comments) For those who may have heard_ there was a shooting which claimed the lives of three Turkish p... |
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| 7/6/08 |
The Koreaphobic Waiter posted by tango74 (0 comments) İ am continuing my blog diary of the trip to Turkey. Alas due to the fact that these entries ... |
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| 7/6/08 |
The Last Pazar on Buyukada posted by tango74 (0 comments) İ am still in Bursa as of this writing. My mom and İ were awaken at 4:47 a.m. by the call to pray... |
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| 7/5/08 |
Frappucino in Beshiktash posted by tango74 (0 comments) Greetings from an internet cafe in Bursa Turkey. The other day İ reluctantly assisted glo... |
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| 7/3/08 |
The Secret Lives of Dried Apricots.... posted by tango74 (0 comments) İ am here on the island of Buyukada at the moment. Hope all is well back home in Portland Mai... |
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| 7/1/08 |
Greetings from the İsland posted by tango74 (1 comments) İ am now on the island of Buyukada in İstanbul Turkey. We had feta cheese olives and baked br... |