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Posts Tagged → Istanbul

In Transit: Istanbul to Lagos

posted in In Transit, Nigeria, Turkey on July 30, 2018 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Istanbul Ataturk Airport is starting to show its age. It’s getting dirtier. The restrooms dank. Maybe it’s just the summer heat accentuating the less desirable things. Or, less attention is being paid here and more to the Istanbul New Airport, which when it opens in late October will be the largest airport in the world…. Continue reading →

In Transit – Istanbul Ataturk Airport

posted in In Transit on June 29, 2016 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments
Turkish Delight at Istanbul Airport

I’ve passed through Istanbul Ataturk Airport eight times since early February, so was stung even more than usual when learning about yesterday’s bombing attacks that killed at least 42 people and injured more than 230 others. That those of us who transit through the world’s 11th busiest airport do so on the safer side of… Continue reading →

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This is BobRamsak.com, a public notebook by Bob Ramsak.

I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant one is my renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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