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Ankara Overview and possibly the largest bus station in the world

February 28, 2008
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Ankara, the capital of Turkey (not Istanbul – surprise!) is a busy, smoggy city. Most tourists give it a miss, but there’s a few sights worth checking out if you’re passing through.…
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Getting to Ephesus from Kusadasi, suggested route

February 28, 2008
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Our hotel arranged transport there. This seemed to be the easiest way to get there, and allows you to walk down through the ruins and be picked up at the other end.…
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Getting around in Turkey by bus, train, and taxi. Silence on the bus!

February 28, 2008
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We got around using public transportation. This worked well most of time, except when we wanted to get a bit funky in where we were going.Inside the towns, privately-run dolmus (minibus) ferry locals and tourists around.…
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Grand Taxis in Morocco (transportation)

February 28, 2008
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I’m not sure how much things have changed but when we were there the grand taxi system meant that if you were a)willing to bargain hard b)willing to pay for the extra seats you could leave pretty much when you wanted and even stop to take pictures if you can get the driver to un
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Getting to Douz from Matmata by Louage / public transportation

February 25, 2008
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Our next stop was Douz. In about 2002, they build a new road directly between Douz and Matmata. Until then, it had been necessary to loop back up to Gabes, and go through Kebili.…
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Getting to Matmata by louage

February 25, 2008
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The next day, we headed to Matmata. To get there, we decided to take a shared taxi (louage) – in this case, it was a bit of a miscalculation. On our way in to Djerba, we had crossed on a causeway to the island.…
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Djerba and Houmt Souq – getting there

February 25, 2008
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We headed back north. Given that we were seeing things faster than we thought, we decided to head to the island of Djerba and see Houmt Souq. To get there, we decided to give the louage system a shot – we should have done so much before.…
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Getting around Tunisia by bus and train

February 24, 2008
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Inside the cities, taxis are a pretty cheap option, if it’s too far to walk. We never tried any local buses. Between the cities, there’s bus, rail, and louage. Some buses are government run, and the rest are a hodge podge of local companies, using buses that by all right
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