Vagobond

Books and Writing that Matter. Travel fiction, philosophy, memoir, and experimental work from the road.

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  • The Hippodrome of Istanbul

    What I saw as a nice rectangular park with some old monuments in it was actually a Byzantine race track which used to have two levels of seats on the…

  • A short version of Istanbul’s long history

    (I wrote this back in 2010, but happily share it again – though President Erdogan has moved the city backwards by a lot since I wrote this – it’s a…

  • Places I’ve Lived #22 – Istanbul, Turkey

    Estimates say that there are approximately 20-million people living in Istanbul. No one really knows for sure. I was one of them for about six-months in early 2011. I loved…

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  • Istanbul, Turkey Vagabonds

    Istanbul is a wonderful city to travel to. It’s so nice for me to be in an international city that is clean, modern, and intellectually progressive. As a world travel…