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Mostly sentient, sometimes distressed & always astonished.

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Our third day in Istanbul. Fish sandwiches, the Grand Bazaar, the Galata Bridge and more. travelphotorepeat.com/2021/1…
More Istanbul: bridge, fish, people, bazaar

More Istanbul: bridge, fish, people, bazaar

In the Grand Bazaar Istanbul could keep you busy for weeks or months but, alas, we only had a few days in this incredible city. Our first expedition after Hagia Sofia was a 15 minute tram ride from…

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Back in the blog saddle and determined to catch up. Trying to be optimistic and need to clear the decks for new adventures. travelphotorepeat.com/2021/0…
Off to Istanbul

Off to Istanbul

According to a Turkish city planner sitting with us on the plane from Cappadocia (Turkish Airlines, US$34pp), Istanbul has about 30 million people though the official tally is half that and he said…

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Phnom Penh: food, palace, pagoda travelphotorepeat.com/2019/0… via @wordpressdotcom
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Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia dominates Sultanahmet Square. Istanbul has many wondrous sights but it’s hard to conceive anything more magnificent, more grand, or more fabled than Hagia Sophia, the Church of D…

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Exploring Cappadocia travelphotorepeat.com/2021/0… via @asmac
Cappadocia, Day Two

Cappadocia, Day Two

Strong winds again scrubbed our balloon flight so we booked a car & driver and headed out to Ortahisar Castle, an enormous honeycombed rock, the highest point in the region, carved out by Roman…

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Cappadocia, Day Two

Cappadocia, Day Two

Strong winds again scrubbed our balloon flight so we booked a car & driver and headed out to Ortahisar Castle, an enormous honeycombed rock, the highest point in the region, carved out by Roman…

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Cappadocia Day 1 travelphotorepeat.com/2021/0…
Cappadocia, Day One

Cappadocia, Day One

After a snowy Christmas in Ankara, our first destination was Goreme, a silk road village in the Cappadocia region of central Anatolia. We hired a car for the 3-1/2 hour drive and booked rooms at th…

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Inching to Izmir travelphotorepeat.com/2021/0…
Inching to Izmir

Inching to Izmir

Our first Turkish adventure was a bus trip to Izmir starting at the otogar in Ankara. Located on the Aegean Sea very close to Lesbos, Izmir is Turkey’s third largest city with a population ov…

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First I deleted Twitter from my phone. Life got better. Now my tablet is in for repair and serenity rules. There's still my desktop so de-activation might be next. I got along without it before I met it and I'll get along without it now.
Interesting analysis of pandemic response: c2cjournal.ca/2020/12/every-…
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I don't understand. If I tell US border guards that I smoked a joint 30 yeas ago they will turn me back yet a well-known career criminal like this guy, who served six years in a US prison for importing heroin, seem to travel around without much trouble. What gives?
It's hard to deny...
Derenic Byrd (@DerenicByrd) profile pictureDerenic Byrd@DerenicByrd22 Jan 2021
Kalief Browder allegedly stole a backpack at 16, spent 3 yrs at Riker's Island without trial. Riley Williams stole a laptop from Speaker Pelosi's office and tried selling it the Russians. She was released to her mother There are two justice systems in America #BlackLivesMatter
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JUST IN: House Oversight Cmte. Chair Maloney asks FBI Director Wray to investigate Parler's involvement in the Jan. 6 riots at the US Capitol.
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The Kraken has drowned. Found swirling in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Why is the band playing "God Save the Queen?"
And, like a miracle, he's gone.
'Twas the night before Christmas...
Replying to @SouthPoint1000
This is how his election loss was reported. Very dour. 🤣🤣
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