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Day: 24 March 2025

  • "Dan Q" and today's date written on a small piece of paper, alongside a pen, which points to a bivalve fossil in a limestone floor.

    Found GCB3FAQ The Grand Bazaar fossils

    This checkin to GCB3FAQ The Grand Bazaar fossils reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I'm visiting Istanbul to meet with colleagues, but we took some time off from our meetings and work this afternoon to come and get lost in the Grand Bazaar. While browsing the amazing diversity of stalls โ€ฆ

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  • Istanbul is... sprawling. I stood on this footbridge, over the water, to try to comprehend the scale of the place, but it's just massive. The hills, which help the tall buildings to tower over you no matter where you stand, only serve to exaggerate the effect. Quite the spectacle of human settlement.

    Full image of View from above a river, flanked by dense city on both sides, under an overcast sky.
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    View from above a river, flanked by dense city on both sides, under an overcast sky.

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    • posted 24 March, 2025
  • Did not find GC4Z033 WOW - Walking On Water

    This checkin to GC4Z033 WOW - Walking On Water reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Gave up after an extended hunt, aided by the spoiler photo. All that's hidden here is a discarded one food container. Hoping to find one of CO's other nearby caches during my time here in โ€ฆ

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    • posted 24 March, 2025

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