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Nina’s Travel Rule #18: 20 Lira and a Free T-shirt Don’t Make You a Turkish Movie Star.

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OMG I'm in a Movie!

It’s 1pm and I’ve been sitting in this stupid courtyard, on this stupid hill, in stupid Turkey for nearly 7 hours now.  I’m not the first to be suckered by a Turk, and I surely won’t be the last, but I’ll be damned if I sit here any longer.  It’s time for action!  I’ve been kidnapped into a Turkish film set, and I’m getting out of here, now!

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Nina’s Travel Rule #11: Say YES to Cherry Vodka from Cowboys (or, how I single-handedly started a 30-person bar-fight in rural Turkey)

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Horse Dude and the fairy chimneys

So, I’m like, somewhere in the middle of Turkey, and I haven’t been back to my hostel in a couple days. It’s partly cause I’m being stalked all over Europe by THE DANE (see Travel Rule #5), but mainly cause I’ve been drunk in a cave with some Turkish cowboys for some time now. Oh, and clubbing. And also night motorcycling with licorice liquor. And smoking lovely local products? Oh, and also starting a giant bar fight involving a German Sheppard, thrown tables, and some off-duty cops. You know, the regular ole disaster… Read the rest of this entry