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Closeup view of pistachio filled baklava behind a glass window in Gaziantep in Easter Turkey
  • gaziantep
  • turkey

food and art treasures waiting to be discovered in Gaziantep

  • June 26, 2024
view of happy street vendor selling bici bici ice dessert near riverfront in Adana in eastern turkey
  • adana
  • turkey

from the holy to the profane on the road to adana

  • June 25, 2024
inflating a hot air balloon which is lying on its side in cappadocia, turkey
  • cappadocia
  • turkey

Rediscovering your inner child in beautiful Cappadoccia

  • June 24, 2024

Closeup view of pistachio filled baklava behind a glass window in Gaziantep in Easter Turkey
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  • gaziantep
  • turkey

food and art treasures waiting to be discovered in Gaziantep

  • onshiftingsands
  • June 26, 2024
Gaziantep is just 100km north of the Syrian border. It's the foodie capital of Turkey and one of the mosaic capitals of the world.
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  • australia
  • country victoria

slow down in benalla, victoria

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 14, 2021
So you’ve decided to drive from Sydney to Melbourne (or vice versa). Why not take the slow road and make it an opportunity to see a little more of Australia? That’s what we decided…
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  • italy
  • puglia

travelling into a sumptuous past in lecce

  • onshiftingsands
  • July 27, 2019
It's like travelling into a baroque forest of stone tendrils, flowers and vines. The architecture of Lecce in Puglia is sumptuous and hints at a past steeped in both tradition and an…
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  • haukeli
  • norway

hiking in haukeli

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 11, 2018
Day 4 of our visit to Norway. We were amazed to wake up this morning to this! What a difference a day makes! Today we resolved to take a hike from Huakeliseter Fjellstue to Kista. Kista is…
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  • finland
  • inari

huskies and northern lights

  • onshiftingsands
  • January 4, 2020
Our final full day in Lapland! And this was to be a special one because finally we were going husky sledding! But as this wasn’t planned until midday, we decided to take the short taxi…
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  • finland
  • inari

an inari welcome

  • onshiftingsands
  • January 1, 2020
What to wear in Finnish Lapland in the arctic winter? We were soon to find out that getting dressed for the cold isn't child's play!
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  • australia
  • country victoria

lovely sticky wines in rutherglen

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 13, 2021
Rutherglen occupies a special place in the Australian wine industry as the home of Australian fortified wines. You can easily spend a day in Rutherglen cycling between wineries and enjoying a…
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  • norway
  • oslo

oslo in 6 hours….

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 20, 2018
This was Day 12 and our last day in Norway. So we had to make the best of it in terms of seeing Oslo before we had to leave for our flight at 4.30. The weather had started to clear up the…
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  • italy
  • venice

art and armaments in venice

  • onshiftingsands
  • September 8, 2019
visiting the biennale and exploring past connections
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  • a murray river roadtrip
  • australia

an interesting drive from Sydney to Melbourne

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 12, 2021
Search for directions for the trip from Sydney to Melbourne, and Google Maps will instantly suggest the direct but unimaginative route via the Hume Highway. But if you want to experience some…
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  • norway
  • totak lake

rain and more rain…

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 10, 2018
Day 3 of our visit to Norway. Well we thought we had seen the worse of the rain on our first day, but today it just came bucketing down and put paid to all our plans. It was a day spent almost…
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  • heddal
  • norway

a visit to heddal in norway

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 8, 2018
Day 1 of our visit to Norway. This morning we picked up our car at Gardermoen Airport and began our 10 day drive around central and southern Norway. Sadly, it rained pretty much the whole day…
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  • greece
  • milos island

off the beaten track in greece…milos island

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 3, 2019
How to decide on the right Greek Island? So many to choose from! Especially if you've never visited Greece before. Luckily, with our choice of Milos we struck it lucky the first time.
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  • istanbul
  • turkey

a long weekend in istanbul

  • onshiftingsands
  • July 8, 2019
Istanbul has to be the most engaging city in the world. Utterly ramshackle, slowly decaying and incredibly gorgeous and ugly in equal parts. It's both welcoming and indifferent. A city of huge…
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  • australia
  • country victoria

exploring painted silos

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 18, 2021
– faded glory days and resilient determination – The silo art trail in north west Victoria is becoming a major tourist attraction. We’d seen a string of painted silos on our…
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