Located at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe is the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Historically, the biblical kingdoms of Moab, Gilead and Edom were situated within its borders; the Persian Empire occupied portions of the region between 549 and 330 BCE before Alexander the Great swept through the area. Simultaneously, in the southwestern corner…
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Just like every other settlement along the Turkish coast, the city of Antalya sits atop the ruins of an ancient one, Attalea. With its natural harbour, Antalya has served as both a naval base and commercial centre throughout its history. Lycians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuk Turks and Ottomans occupied the area at various times. At…
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We are members of the Facebook Group, Senior Nomads, which is an outstanding resource for information and inspiration from like-minded nomadic travellers. We asked the group for recommendations on where to stay along the coast in Turkey, with the consensus being Fethiye (feh·tee·euh). We love being near water and, in case you hadn’t picked up…
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Our bus ride from Plovdiv to Istanbul reinforced my new mantra, “just go with the flow”. With her very limited English, the ticket agent at the bus station in Plovdiv let us know the bus was running about 45 minutes late and kindly let us leave our luggage in her office while we waited. She…
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Originally we planned to spend a week in Plovdiv before heading to the coastal town of Burgas where we understood there are some very good wrecks for diving. After speaking with several people on a few tours in Sofia (all of whom did not make Burgas sound very appealing) we decided instead to extend our…
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We were sadly mistaken in our assumption that Bulgaria was going to be tolerant heat-wise. The country is in the midst of a heatwave and we’ve been enjoying 36+°C temperatures, which is 10-12°C warmer than normal for July. Plovdiv, where we head next, is expected to be in the 40’s – thankfully our Airbnbs have…
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In October, 2020, we took a quick trip to Vancouver Island, British Columbia on Canada’s West Coast. Tofino can be expensive. Our travel costs for this trip were higher than our intended budget for retirement travel, but since we were both still working at that time, we splurged a bit and the information below will…
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