The Expeditioner Travel Magazine » turkey http://www.theexpeditioner.com The Expeditioner is a travel magazine for the avid traveler. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:24:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 An Afternoon At The World’s Most Famous Turkish Bath http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/04/02/an-afternoon-at-the-worlds-most-famous-turkish-bath/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/04/02/an-afternoon-at-the-worlds-most-famous-turkish-bath/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:36:47 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=16137 After a day walking around the Topkapi Palace or rubbing shoulders with hundreds of other visitors in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, what better way to relax than by having a Turkish bath? The most convenient place for travelers, and also the most famous, is the Cemberlitas Baths, the entrance to which [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/04/02/an-afternoon-at-the-worlds-most-famous-turkish-bath/feed/ 0 Goodbye Visa Run: Turkey Begins Cracking Down On Tourist Visas http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/02/16/goodbye-visa-run-turkey-begins-cracking-down-on-tourist-visas/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/02/16/goodbye-visa-run-turkey-begins-cracking-down-on-tourist-visas/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:47:58 +0000 Hannah Bowman http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=15789 Until January 31, 2012, rules regarding tourist visas for Turkey were, to say the least, blurry. How things used to be It was common practice for people entering the country on a 90-day holiday visa to simply pop over the border when their designated time had expired, renewing their 90-day allowance with [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/02/16/goodbye-visa-run-turkey-begins-cracking-down-on-tourist-visas/feed/ 0 Turkish Baths: What You Need To Know For Navigatıng Your First Hammam Experience http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/02/01/turkish-baths-what-you-need-to-know-for-navigating-your-first-hammam-experience/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/02/01/turkish-baths-what-you-need-to-know-for-navigating-your-first-hammam-experience/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:18:06 +0000 Hannah Bowman http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=15508 Entering the chamber your eyes  gradually acclimate to steamy haze to you see you are not alone.  By the shafts of light floating down from a domed ceiling high above, the naked bodies occupying every marbled surface slowly become visible; the air thick and sweet with the smell of perfumed bubbles and the sound of [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/02/01/turkish-baths-what-you-need-to-know-for-navigating-your-first-hammam-experience/feed/ 0 Top 5 Countries For Teaching English Abroad (That Aren’t in Asia) http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/01/23/top-5-countries-for-teaching-english-abroad-that-arent-in-asia/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/01/23/top-5-countries-for-teaching-english-abroad-that-arent-in-asia/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:24:53 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=15515 When it comes to jobs teaching English abroad, South Korea and Taiwan are the headliners. Teaching English jobs are easy to find, and high salaries and free housing are some great incentives to head east, but it’s not enough to lure everyone. There are a lot of motives behind your [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/01/23/top-5-countries-for-teaching-english-abroad-that-arent-in-asia/feed/ 2 Welcome To Turkey-Land: First Impressions Of A New Ex-Pat http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/11/29/welcome-to-turkey-land-first-impressions-of-a-new-ex-pat/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/11/29/welcome-to-turkey-land-first-impressions-of-a-new-ex-pat/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:48:50 +0000 Hannah Bowman http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=13354 The general consensus is that Istanbul is amazing. “What? Wait. You’re going to Istanbul? OH. MY. GOD. I am so freaking JEAL-OUS!”. You almost just have to whisper the word ”Constantinople” in a room for people to start spontaneously orgasming all over the shop. Presumably it is fairly un-PC to say, [...]

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