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Trip to Turkey Day 7 – If Wishes were Balloons… #TurkishDelight

Posted on November 20, 2018 by anuragbakhshi

Note: This is the eighth and final installment in my series of trip reports from Turkey. You can find the previous seven here: https://bit.ly/2RQV9jT , here: https://bit.ly/2Q2FWPO , here: https://bit.ly/2B76IOB, here: https://bit.ly/2zSYmZ0,here: https://bit.ly/2qTPYVa, here: https://bit.ly/2DLTr0d , and here: https://bit.ly/2QXjHrE   It was the last day of our trip as a group, and … Continue reading →

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Trip to Turkey Day 6 – Jiggy Loses It! #TurkishDelight

Posted on November 19, 2018 by anuragbakhshi

Note: This is the seventh installment in my series of trip reports from Turkey. You can find the first six here: https://bit.ly/2RQV9jT , here: https://bit.ly/2Q2FWPO , here: https://bit.ly/2B76IOB, here: https://bit.ly/2zSYmZ0,here: https://bit.ly/2qTPYVa, and here: https://bit.ly/2DLTr0d ZAPPPPAATTTTTTTTTT!!!!! The violent sound rang out so loud in the valley-like Goreme Open Air Museum that … Continue reading →

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Trip to Turkey Day 5 – Feel the Magic in the Air #TurkishDelight

Posted on November 18, 2018 by anuragbakhshi

Note: This is the sixth installment in my series of trip reports from Turkey. You can find the first five here: https://bit.ly/2RQV9jT , here: https://bit.ly/2Q2FWPO , here: https://bit.ly/2B76IOB, here: https://bit.ly/2zSYmZ0,and here: https://bit.ly/2qTPYVa I could see Medha’s hand inching slowly towards the huge stone axe. This could not … Continue reading →

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Trip to Turkey Day 4 – An Omelette for Thakkar #TurkishDelight

Posted on November 16, 2018 by anuragbakhshi

Note: This is the fifth installment in my series of trip reports from Turkey. You can find the first four here: https://bit.ly/2RQV9jT , here: https://bit.ly/2Q2FWPO , here: https://bit.ly/2B76IOB, and here: https://bit.ly/2DHbDbx “Aaj main omelette khaayega,” (Today, I shall eat an omelette, spoken in typical grammatically-incorrect Bombay … Continue reading →

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Trip to Turkey Day 3 – A Mata in Medha #TurkishDelight

Posted on November 15, 2018 by anuragbakhshi

Note: This is the fourth part of my series of trip reports from Turkey. You can find the first three here: https://bit.ly/2RQV9jT , here: https://bit.ly/2Q2FWPO , and here: https://bit.ly/2B76IOB “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…..” I shouted in a long-drawn out booming voice, with my right arm outstretched, … Continue reading →

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Trip to Turkey Day 2- A Skirt for Swati #TurkishDelight

Posted on November 14, 2018 by anuragbakhshi

Note: This is the third installment of my series of trip reports from Turkey. You can find the first two here: https://bit.ly/2RQV9jT and here: https://bit.ly/2Q2FWPO Our first full day in Istanbul started off on a glorious note- it was bright, … Continue reading →

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Trip to Turkey Day 1 Part 2 – Turkish Tinder #TurkishDelight

Posted on November 13, 2018 by anuragbakhshi

Note: This trip report covers the second half of the first day of our Turkey Travails…I mean Travels. For the introductory part of this series, visit: https://bit.ly/2RQV9jT Our voyage to Istanbul was fairly routine and uneventful, as plane journeys go. … Continue reading →

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Trip to Turkey Day 1- The Law of Unintended Consequences #TurkishDelight

Posted on November 12, 2018 by anuragbakhshi

When app-based taxi operators Uber and Ola went on an indefinite strike across India, their objectives were: Higher commissions/earnings Better working conditions Enhanced benefits like regular employees, e.g. health insurance Sending us on an unplanned international trip That last one … Continue reading →

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Curtains: The Last Day #PortugalPlots #28DaysInPortugal

Posted on June 10, 2018 by anuragbakhshi

It was the last day of our trip to Portugal  and our moods were expectedly a bit low. Suddenly  I got an urgent SOS call from the Parque Das Nacoes  or Park Of Nations, in Lisbon, and I rushed there … Continue reading →

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Lisbon Springs a Surprise #PortugalPlots #28DaysInPortugal

Posted on June 8, 2018 by anuragbakhshi

It was the penultimate day of our vacation, and I wanted to gift her something special to remember it by. I thought long, and I thought hard… But nothing came to me. I kept thinking as we waited for our … Continue reading →

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