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Fethiye Boatyards
If you want your bottom scraped, a paint job, rotting timbers replaced or an engine refit, best book a spot at the boatyards beyond Karagozler. It's a fascinating place where traditional skills live on. Always well worth a visit.
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If It Moves…
Another look at the vast subject that is Turkish transportation. Did you know I once saw two Friesian cows in a minibus and a full-length ladder being carried sideways on a scooter?
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All Aboard the Turistik Dogu Ekspresi To Kars
Join us on an epic 1300km railway journey eastwards right across Turkey to the thoroughly frozen town of Kars, stopping on the way to visit some wonderful places. Except Erzincan, where the train rumbled off. We were not on it!
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Navigating Istanbul Airport
The new hub airport at Istanbul is vast, yet easy to navigate. We passed through a few months after it opened back in 2019 and were seriously impressed. The terminal is by far the largest building I’ve ever been in - and the whole place is air conditioned! It makes Heathrow look like a shed!
