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About Dharmesh

Have always loved travelling and will continue to pursue this love. Favourite Travel quotes: “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine

2nd May – Cruise Day 7 – Kusadasi

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Dharmesh

Today we were docked at Kusadasi, a beach resort town on Turkey’s western Aegean coast. The weather was perfect, clear day with pleasant temps. This is a famous port for visiting the Ephesus ruins, something that most of us were not … Continue reading →

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1st May – Cruise Day 6 – at Sea

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Dharmesh

Day at Sea today, chance to chillex. Not much in store today, we basically hung around coffee places and some of the group were in the pool just chilling. Will summarise the day in pictures. Passing under the last bridge … Continue reading →

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30th April – Cruise Day 5 – Istanbul 2nd Day

Posted on November 3, 2024 by Dharmesh

Good morning Istanbul. Today was another free day for me and Nita, the gang were going about to the Grand Bazaar and then heading over the Gelata Tower and Istiklal Cadesi. Me and Nita had decided to do our own … Continue reading →

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29th April – Cruise Day 4 – Istanbul Overnight stopover

Posted on November 3, 2024 by Dharmesh

For maritime reasons , we were docked on the far side of the Istanbul ports overnights, early morning today we made our way into the Istanbul Port and getting glimpses of the amazing Istanbul sights. Amazing seeing the Istanbul landscape … Continue reading →

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28th April – Cruise Day 3 – at Sea

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Dharmesh

After the big night , we expected all to sleep in…NOT to be. Doc, PCB, Myself , Cheeky + Nita and Yogita ended up in the GYM !!! Had to burn off all those liquid calories! Session was great, Cheeky … Continue reading →

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27th April – Cruise Day 2 – Nafplio

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Dharmesh

Waking up to a great sunrise view from upper deck, our ship was approaching the port of Nafplio in Greece, our first stop. (this place was later to be known as NETFLIX as per Doc 😉 ) Disembarked around 9:30am … Continue reading →

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26th April – Athens & Cruise Boarding

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Dharmesh

Cruise day today !! Our transport was organised for 10am. Allowing us time for breaky – all of us went in different directions for breaky. Nita and I walked around a bit and ended up at a nice cafe close … Continue reading →

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25th April – Athens

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Dharmesh

Early start – today was a morning walk to the Panathenaic Stadium, the very first stadium of the moderm olympics, made from marble ! It was a 30 mins walk from our Hotel. Everyone was down on the street by … Continue reading →

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24th April – Athens

Posted on June 8, 2024 by Dharmesh

First morning in Athens after a good rest overnight. Plan today was for all to hit the hop-on hop-off bus and see the sights of Athens. Except for PCB who had booked an in-depth tour of Acropolis and other key … Continue reading →

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22nd April 2024 – Europe with Friends – Flight out of Brisbane

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Dharmesh

The day arrived too quickly. It was July’23 when we agreed and booked to do a cruise together and today we were heading to the airport all packed up. This holiday was couples only and 6 of them, Vikash & … Continue reading →

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