Travels
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Travelling is the art of turning the threesome of problems, hardships and trouble into a comedy. |
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Anybody who does not question borders, |
Once I've been to every country in the world, |
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Countries in blue, 111 of them, are countries visited. Countries in gray are still to be visited as of 10.10.2016
Countries in blue, 120 of them, are countries visited. Countries in gray are still to be visited as of 1.1.2017 The List of Countries Learn more about The Mission-In a Nutshell Note: The number in parenthesis signifies the number of country visited after starting the mission to every country in the world. Places which are not numbered are either not countries or are countries that have been visited before. |
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2017
June: Kazakhstan (#19) - Kyrgyzstan (#20) - Qatar (#21) - Kuwait (#22) - Azerbaijan (#23)
May - June: Lebanon (#16) - Saudi Arabia (#17) - Cyprus (#18)
January - April: Andorra (#13) - Montenegro (#14) - Lichtenstein (#15)
June: Kazakhstan (#19) - Kyrgyzstan (#20) - Qatar (#21) - Kuwait (#22) - Azerbaijan (#23)
May - June: Lebanon (#16) - Saudi Arabia (#17) - Cyprus (#18)
January - April: Andorra (#13) - Montenegro (#14) - Lichtenstein (#15)
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November 17, 2016- January 16, 2017
The Amazon and the Caribbean in 4 steps Step #1 - Charlotte Amalie (St Thomas), US Virgin Islands - Charlestown, St. Kitts & Nevis (#3) - Castries, St. Lucia (#4) - Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (#5) - Bridgetown, Barbados (#6) - Devil's Island, French Guiana- Macapa, Brazil - Santarem, Brazil - Boca da Valeria, Brazil - Manaus, Brazil - Parintins, Brazil - Alter Do Chao, Brazil - Scarborough, Trinidad And Tobago - Kingstown, St. Vincent & The Grenadines (#7) - St. George's, Grenada (#8) - Willemstad (Curacao) and Oranjestad (Aruba), Netherlands Antilles Step #2 Ocho Rios, Jamaica (#9)- Georgetown (Grand Cayman), Cayman Islands Step #3 Tortola, British Virgin Islands – Basseterre, St. Kitts & Nevis- Roseau, Dominica (#10) - St. John's, Antigua&Barbuda (#11) -Philipsburg (St. Marteen), Netherlands Antilles Step #4 Labadee, Haiti (#12) - Falmouth, Jamaica * * * 2016 Romania (#1) and DPRK (#2) |
September 5th - December 12th, 2015
Around the World in 99 days with my family
A journey of hope to introduce our four year-old daughter to the beauty of this world.
May she see the day when fear will not be the ruler of men's hearts anymore.
Around the World in 99 days with my family
A journey of hope to introduce our four year-old daughter to the beauty of this world.
May she see the day when fear will not be the ruler of men's hearts anymore.
Foreword
June 2015- I met my Italian husband on my second round-the-world tour in 2008, we now have a three and a half year-old daughter. She has gone up to 452 meters in the tallest building of the world Burj Khalifa at 829.8 meters and gone down to -30 meters on a submarine in Mauritius before age two. I was thinking of doing the Trans-Siberian this year. Eh, having crossed one third of the world, you don't come back the same way. I realized that it is going to be seven years since my last round the world, that my sabbatical year has arrived, so I said “Let's continue since we started.” December 2015- And off we set on a round the world tour as a family this time. Naturally, it was a more easy-going and comfortable trip due to my daughter, a planned and comparably short one due to my husband's job and not having much time. I wanted my daughter to have travelled around the world before the age of four. And she did. I don't know if I should be jealous! |
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Itinerary
Europe-Asia: From Rome to Moscow by plane, then Trans-Siberian train to Russia, Mongolia, China. Then South Korea and Taiwan by plane. Then off to L.A. North America and the South Pacific: "Tales of the South Pacific" cruise with Holland America's Amsterdam San Diego, Hilo (Hawaii), Lahaina (Hawaii), Kauai (Hawaii), Honolulu (Hawaii), Kailua Kona (Hawaii), Fanning Island (Kiribati), Pago Pago (American Samoa), Apia (American Samoa), Suva (Fiji), Dravuni Island (Fiji), Nuku Alofa (Tonga), Vava’u (Tonga), Alofi (Niue), Rarotonga (Cook Islands), Bora Bora (French Polynesia), Raiatea (French Polynesia), Papeete (French Polynesia), Moorea (French Polynesia), Avatoru (French Polynesia), Taiohae (French Polynesia), San Diego. (The Equator and the International Date Line was crossed several times during this trip.) Panama Canal, Central and South America: Then again by cruise, Panama Canal Crossing: San Diego, Cabo San Lucas (Mexico), Puerto Vallarta (Mexico), Puerto Quetzal (Guatemala), Puntarenas (Costa Rica), Panama, Colon (Panama), Cartagena (Colombia), Fort Lauderdale. To finish with, a short trip of the Bahamas: Miami, Grand Bahama Island (Bahamas), Nassau (Bahamas), and Great Stirrup Cay (Bahamas), Miami. Back to Rome by plane through London. |
2010-2014
Ghana, India, Nepal, Alaska, Monaco, Mauritius, UAE,
Shetland Islands, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Ireland
Shetland Islands, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Ireland
August 2008-August 2009
Around the World by Sea (Eastward)
Around the World by Sea (Eastward)
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Itinerary
Catamaran: East Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Indian Ocean From Turkey to Egypt, Yemen, Indian Ocean - Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Macau, China Cargo ship: Pacific Ocean USA, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica,Panama border, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico Cruise Ship: Atlantic Ocean Morocco, Spain Ferry: West Mediterranean Sea and Tyrrenian Sea Italy, San Marino Sloop, ferry and Gulet: Ionian Sea, Corinthus Channel, Aegean Sea Greece and back to Turkey Story of the trip on the news @ Hurriyet Daily News |
2003-2008
Switzerland, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia,
Federation of Malaysia, Kingdom of Bahrain, Oman Sultanate
July 2001-September 2002
Around the World by Land (Westward)
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Itinerary
Africa: Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, the Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Syria to Turkey Europe: Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, England South America: Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Chili, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and Japan |
Some pieces written during the trip @ junglerunner under the name Gülin Aköz
First Travels
Egypt, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Hong-Kong, Italy (+Sicily), Tunisia, South Africa,
USA, Canada, Malta, Cuba, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic,
Austria, Spain, China, Greece, Morocco, Cyprus (Northern)
Egypt, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Hong-Kong, Italy (+Sicily), Tunisia, South Africa,
USA, Canada, Malta, Cuba, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic,
Austria, Spain, China, Greece, Morocco, Cyprus (Northern)
