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Greece & Turkey SOLO! 2007

A trip from May 04, 2007 to May 26, 2007, travelling to Athens, Chryso Fokidas, Kalambaka, Trikala …
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Taking Off ...

ImageMay 4, 2007.

Toronto, Canada.

Finally, I set off to Athens for a 23 day trip, alone.

Quite often, I had friends asking me the similar questions, "Backpacking?  Greece?  Turkey?  Why?"  And quite often, I felt hesitant to answer.  "The freedom ...  May be ... oh, the Aegean Sea, the blue sky, the beaches, and ... the ruins!"

I felt hesitant because I had never shown any interest in history, and I did not enjoy the sun and beaches that much.  Honestly, I had no answer myself.

After hundreds of hours of reseach and planning,  there were many question marks noted on my itinerary, even more unanticipated unknowns to be taken care of.  Did I really care?  No, not really.  This was part of the game, and part of the fun.  May be this was what I like, the adventure.

Here I go, on my way...  Everything will be okay!  Sing... 

Thanks to my office's lovely Greek secretary Tina for some head-up info.  Without her, I might have spent another hundred hours doing my research.


 
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Very beatifull pictures I hope you enjoyed your trip. It was nice to
see the island of Kos as it is my hometown.
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I just returned from a Med Cruise and loved Turkey and Greece and I would like to spend a week in each country. Is there anything I should know about renting a car and driving in those places? I read some of the comments and it sounds like a train is the way to go, however walking distances to get transportation may be a problem for us, as my husband cannot walk very far and is a very slow walker. Any suggestions would be great.
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that was one long trip, i have traveled to greece before nice place!!!
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hi i am sahil i am going to islamabad playland its very beutifull place
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I'd like a trip from marmaris (or bodrum) turkey to lesbos - greece. some informations, please...??!!
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wooow amazing trip!!i wanto to go to turkey and grece tooo but have you ever been to Morocco?by the way i love the pictures 2 thumbs up!!.
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A very adventurous undertaking indeed. I go to Greece every year as I do some work for the University and then spend time travelling. I still have not seen all of Greece, let alone Turkey and Bulgaria which I have visited as well.
Greece, as Henry Miller put it is the largest small country in the world and one can not do it justice by visiting it for a few days on the run.
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wow this is GREAT this is what i plan to do in november 2008 after recently got back from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras
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Amazing trip !! It would be my references for planning my own journey :)
Thx 4 sharing it.
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hi, i really liked all the pictures you took...i have been to turkey twice (once alone) but only in istanbul...currently, i'm planning my next trip and i think i might follow the route you took.... but i'm still convincing some of my friends to go with me...i will be including Greece on my next Turkey trip...i love Turkey because of its rich history...and by visiting historical sites, i feel i've been a part its history...
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Sun 05/06/07 (day 3) - Chryso Fokidas, Kalambaka
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Mon 05/07/07 (day 4) - Trikala, Thessaloniki
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