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Göğceli Mosque. Located near the town of Çarşamba, around 40kms east of Samsun, in the middle the huge Muslim Tea Göğcel graveyard, this is easily the most unusual mosque I have ever been to. The oldest wooden mosque in Turkey, it … Continue reading →

Libya is a country in North Africa with a Mediterranean Sea coast. More than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert. WARNING: Travel in Libya remains dangerous. Libya continues to suffer from armed conflict and violent engagements between the UN-backed Government of National Accord … Continue reading →

The Cognitive Biases Tricking Your Brain Science suggests we’re hardwired to delude ourselves. Can we do anything about it? By Ben Yagoda Atlantic September 2019 I am staring at a photograph of myself that shows me 20 years older than I am … Continue reading →

AD BLUE As global concerns for environment deepen, the motoring industry is taking more steps to ensure that new cars are producing cleaner emissions. For diesel vehicles, the introduction of AdBlue has been commonplace, with many manufacturers equipping their newer … Continue reading →

AUYUITTUQ NATIONAL PARK Located on eastern Baffin Island between the communities of Pangnirtung and Qikiqtarjuaq, Auyuittuq (pronounced ‘ow-you-we-took’) National Park is the most accessible national park in Nunavut and the most popular. The landscape is 85 percent rock and ice, … Continue reading →

HUNTERS AT HEART   Songbirds are in steep decline all over the world. Their habitat has been shrinking because of agriculture, spreading cities, climate change, and the predation of feral and outdoor cats. In North America, cats kill 2.4 billion birds … Continue reading →

Ionian Islands (Corfu, Zakynthos, Kefalonia) December 27-28, 2019 I took the ferry (Kerkyra Seaways www.kerkyraseaways.gr or www.corfuferries.gr but these don’t seem to work or even give timetables! But ferries leave Igoumenitsa at 7:30, 9, 14:00, 15:30 and 20:30 and return … Continue reading →

Mount Athos (Agion Oros) December 26, 2019 GETTING THERE Mount Athos – commonly known as the Agion Oros (Holy Mountain), is located on a peninsula in Chalkidiki, Northern Greece. It is the spiritual capital of the Orthodox Christian world, consisting of 20 monasteries including one Serbian, one … Continue reading →

Greece – North Aegean Islands (Lemnos, Lesbos, Samos, Chios) December 23, 2019 There is a daily ferry from Cesme, Turkey to Chios at 18:30 except on Dec 23, 24 and 25th, Daily ferry Chios to Cesme in the mornings. I … Continue reading →

Greece – Dodecanese Islands (Rhodes, Kos, Patmos) December 21, 2019 I took the ferry from Marmaris, Turkey to Rhodes for the day, leaving at 09:45 and returning at 15:00, cost €44, company SeaDreams, parking TL30. I had wanted to go … Continue reading →