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Day 9

Well, after less than two days in Yusufeli, Mark and I certainly felt like we were official residents. My guess is that anyone who goes to Yusufeli is generally just passing through, so our two nights probably entitled us to a key to the city. Thus, as soon as we woke, we were excitedly told...

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shoshtrvls on June 10, 1996 from Yusufeli, Turkey

from the travel blog: Turkey and Greece (1996)

Day 8

I began my morning by sitting alongside the river reading a book (Anne Rice's latest Vampire tale, Memnoch the Devil) while Mark slept in. At 10 a.m. the rafting guide came by and we walked together to a dolmus which had a deflated raft tied to the top and paddles, life vests and helmets shoved...

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shoshtrvls on June 9, 1996 from Yusufeli, Turkey

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Day 7 (Continued)

At 3 p.m. we hopped a dolmus (a small bus) to Yusufeli, a village about 3 hours north of Erzurum. The ride was spectacular, to say the least. Just outside of Erzurum, we passed fields and fields of the brightest yellow wildflowers I've ever seen. Then we began the decent into the mountains. ...

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shoshtrvls on June 8, 1996 from Yusufeli, Turkey

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