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Mud Bricks and Karaoke in Taanayel, Lebanon

by Inka Piegsa-Quischotte | Mar 7, 2025 | Ecotourism, ITKT Blogs, Lebanon, Middle East, Spotlight | 1

“You absolutely must tell your driver to go to Taanayel, you’ll love it,” my...

Mummies in Turkey’s Black Sea at Amasya

by Inka Piegsa-Quischotte | Jun 13, 2010 | ITKT Blogs, Turkey | 5 |

I must admit that I associate mummies only with Egypt, until I visited Turkey’s Black Sea region last week and came to a town by the name of Amasya, about 100km south of the coastal city of Samsun. What catches the eye...

Gözleme Hash-Hash

by Inka Piegsa-Quischotte | Jun 10, 2010 | ITKT Blogs, Turkey | 8 |

Here is what happens when you have to rely on your imagination rather than on your language skills. I was sitting happily in a public tea garden in the mountain town of Amasya located in Turkey’s Black Sea region. Several...

Our Lady of Lebanon, Harissa

by Inka Piegsa-Quischotte | May 24, 2010 | ITKT Blogs, Lebanon, Middle East | 0 |

On my way to, and from, the Jeita Grotto, I had the opportunity to visit another famous and, at least to me, quite a moving site. It’s the enormous statue of the Virgin Mary, perched 650m high up on a mountain near...