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Archives / July 2015

Sanliurfa

Living Life in Yuvacali


Posted by thatsofarah on 27 Jul 2015 / 0 Comment


Living life in Yuvacali is captivating as I got away from the modern world made of global interconnected networks of internet and telecommunication. I had vast fields of many shades of green, few happy families to drink Turkish tea with and a feast of food for two days on end. The Yuvacalians, language barrier and […]

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Sanliurfa

Yuvacali Homestay (4)


Posted by thatsofarah on 23 Jul 2015 / 3 Comments


After roaming around Sanliurfa for a day, I ventured out of town to a dusty town of Hilvan to experience Kurdish culture and hospitality through a homestay programme organized by Alison Tanik’s Nomad Tours. How else to experience the Kurdish way of living than living with them under one roof? A month before my schedule […]

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Sanliurfa

Urfa’s Bazaars & Old Town (3)


Posted by thatsofarah on 22 Jul 2015 / 0 Comment


If you cannot stand the heat of Urfa, you will find solace in Urfa’s centuries old bazaars, which include eight covered passages and offers one of the largest market and one of the best-preserved bazaars in Turkey. Hot weather was the ultimate reason why the bazaars were built as the people of Urfa use the […]

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Sanliurfa

Sanliurfa, Prophet Ibrahim & the Idol Worship (2)


Posted by thatsofarah on 21 Jul 2015 / 0 Comment


Although Sanliurfa is out of the tourist trail, it is famous among Muslims as a sacred city where Muslims come to pay homage to the historical sites in Sanliurfa. The most visited one was Balikligol complex which houses Mevlid-I-Cave, I-Cami, Halil-Ul-Rahman and Urfa Castle. I could not help but notice the purple clad head scarf worn […]

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Sanliurfa

Sanliurfa – The city of prophets (1)


Posted by thatsofarah on 14 Jul 2015 / 3 Comments


Sanliurfa was the single major city in Turkey where I spent the most time during my journey to Turkey. It is a city located in the southeastern of Turkey with a primary population Kurdish, Turkmen and Arab. Sanliurfa is one of the nearest Turkish cities nearing the border of Syria. The way of life and […]

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Diving

Thresher Shark Diving


Posted by thatsofarah on 07 Jul 2015 / 0 Comment


After a rather disappointing dives at Gato Island with Dive Society, we looked forward to thresher shark diving, the one thing that brought us to the island of Malapascua. Since Santi, our Sabahan DM from Little Mermaid Dive Resort had secured our spots for the thresher shark diving, we had to wake up super early […]

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