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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

Summary Post_Banner_The Murray River at Dusk
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  • a murray river roadtrip
  • australia

the slow road up, down & along the murray river

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 25, 2021
The COVID pandemic has restricted our travel options overseas so this is the era of aussies rediscovering Australia. Niran and I love driving and the options for travelling from Sydney are…
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  • madrid
  • spain

a sweltering long weekend in madrid

  • onshiftingsands
  • July 1, 2019
We had picked the hottest weekend of the year to visit Madrid, or so it seemed. But the nights were languorous and the tapas bars met every expectation..
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  • finland
  • helsinki

the unexpected delight that is Helsinki

  • onshiftingsands
  • December 31, 2019
filtered sun and meditative spaces
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  • a murray river roadtrip
  • australia

a scenic way home from victoria to sydney

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 24, 2021
– avoid the freeway and enjoy country australia – We were just about at the end of our two week road trip around central and northern Victoria, and were preparing to head back to…
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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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  • norway
  • oslo

driving from heggenes to oslo

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 18, 2018
Day 11 of our trip to Norway. Not much to report today as we spent most of it doing mundane things. We left Herangtunet Hotel early after breakfast. One final shot of our wing – we were…
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  • greece
  • milos island

the churches of milos island

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 5, 2019
he simple, monotonous ringing of the bell at the church above our home seemed to punctuate our daily routine and no matter where we found ourselves on the island the regular peal would force…
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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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view of happy street vendor selling bici bici ice dessert near riverfront in Adana in eastern turkey
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  • adana
  • turkey

from the holy to the profane on the road to adana

  • onshiftingsands
  • June 25, 2024
Today we were travelling from Goreme to Adana. Highlights? A superb underground monastery, awesome Roman aqueduct, and glorious food..
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  • heggenes
  • norway

driving from aurland to heggenes

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 16, 2018
Day 9 of our visit to Norway. It poured and poured today! It was a driving day, thankfully. So we just took our time and visited a few landmarks on our way. Having seen the small village of…
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  • australia
  • country victoria

lake tyrrell, ethereal and incredibly beautiful

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 15, 2021
– a vast expanse of salt, sky and stars – We had spent the morning in Echuca and were now on our way. The road from Echuca to Sea Lake traverses vast expanses of flat, yellow…
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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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  • germany
  • regensburg

a weekend in regensburg

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 26, 2018
– sausages on the danube – Regensburg is a small town about one and a half hour’s drive to the north east of Munich. It could be done as a day trip but we decided to take our…
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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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  • croatia
  • dubrovnik

the walled fortress town of dubrovnik

  • onshiftingsands
  • July 8, 2018
Arriving in the old city of Dubrovnik at night is magical. Ours was the last flight in and we decided to opt for the shuttle bus into the old town. We bought our tickets at a small vending…
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