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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

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  • greece
  • milos island

not your usual greek landscape

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 7, 2019
milos is not your usual greek island – it's so much more – sulphur mines, fiery red rocks and moonscapes
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  • italy
  • puglia

a detour to francavilla fontana in puglia

  • onshiftingsands
  • July 24, 2019
With its gorgeous honey coloured stone buildings, it's hard to believe that the village of francavilla fontana doesn't feature in any of the guidebooks. The ghost-town facade doesn't easily…
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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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  • 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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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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Tumbarumba to Rosewood Rail Trail
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  • australia
  • country nsw

a leisurely ride on the tumbarumba rail trail

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 23, 2021
– a peaceful ride through lush countryside – Upfront let me declare that Niran and I are not exactly exercise freaks! Nonetheless, we opted to spend the entire last day of our…
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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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  • norway
  • valdres

hiking up to skaget in norway (or not!)

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 17, 2018
Day 10 of our visit to Norway. Before starting on today’s blog, a quick squizz at the view from our room, taken yesterday evening. Not bad hey! Back to today. We had been anticipating…
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  • finland
  • inari

the early bird catches the fish..

  • onshiftingsands
  • January 3, 2020
Enjoying a day of ice fishing and snowshoeing in Finnish Lapland
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  • aurland
  • norway

a drive north east of bergen

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 14, 2018
Day 7 of our trip to Norway. The day began uneventfully as we drove to our next location. This being Norway there were, of course, some spectacular views that punctuated our drive along the…
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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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  • 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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  • austria
  • vienna

the treasures of empire

  • onshiftingsands
  • January 12, 2020
Sunday was a much more relaxed affair! We started the morning with breakfast at Vollpension – which is a cafe run by grandmas and grandpas. What a brilliant concept! We were welcomed by…
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  • italy
  • puglia

alborebello, disneyland in puglia

  • onshiftingsands
  • July 25, 2019
By all accounts it's overrun by tourists (which it was) but nonetheless it's worthwhile seeing because it's a UNESCO site.(also true). Pretty and quaint but challenging in terms of its "authenticity".
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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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