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Kurban Bayrami Begins Today

by | Dec 30, 2006 | | 0

Called Eid el-Adha or Eid el-Kebir in Arabic, Kurban Bayrami (koor-BAHN bahy-rah-muh) is the most important Islamic religious festival of the year, and a 4 or 5-day public holiday in Turkey. It will affect your travel plans, so be prepared for it. (Dates)

Kurban Bayrami is also the time of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca (Haj), so both domestic and international travel is intense in Turkey at this time.

Kurban Bayrami doesn’t mean you shouldn’t go to Turkey. You should plan for the holiday, though. Depending upon where you travel, you may find it changes your plans very little. Here’s what to do.

No matter what time of the year you are planning a trip to Turkey, check out Tom Brosnahan’s website – the best out there with travel tips to Turkey.

Although L’avant Posters have great travel stories and advice from all over the world too 😉 Just ask us!

Best Posts of July 2006

by | Dec 30, 2006 | | 0

At least a selection of them. You can go back in time whenever you want (look down to the right for the Archives), these are some of my favorites:

July 2006

The Top 100 Things We Didn’t Know Last Year

by | Dec 29, 2006 | | 1

  • Pele has always hated his nickname, which he says sounds like “baby-talk in Portuguese”.
  • The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.
  • Sex workers in Roman times charged the equivalent price of eight glasses of red wine.
  • More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.
  • Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study.
  • The egg came first.
  • In the 1960s, the CIA used to watch Mission Impossible to get ideas about spying.

I’m becoming a sucker for end of the year lists. You can see the entire Top 100 if you’re addicted too.

Virgin Vacations

by | Dec 28, 2006 | | 0

Not what you are thinking. I’ve taken a Virgin Atlantic flight to London twice and I’m telling you once you fly Virgin you’ll never look at other airlines in the same way.

Now you can fly to London for $499 through the middle of February. Not only $499 for the round trip tickets, but also 6 nights hotel and breakfast. The last time I also got a discount on the Original Tour as well (hop on and off the bus all day all over London, plus some interesting facts and history, I enjoyed it very much).

There are other cities for varying prices as well, including Paris.

About Anil Polat

foxnomad aboutHi, I'm Anil. foXnoMad is where I combine travel and tech to help you travel smarter. I'm on a journey to every country in the world and you're invited to join the adventure! Read More

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