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Roofied and Robbed in Istanbul!

May 23, 2023July 6, 2021 by David Hunter Bishop
Lovely Balat Park on the Golden Horn in Istanbul, where I ran into some some trouble.

Readers of my travel blogs over the years know that I often say meeting people and making friends is what travel is really all about.

On Friday for the first time that belief was put to the test.

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Categories Istanbul, Solo Travel, Travel Tags Travel crime 11 Comments

“As a tiny, self-conscious creature in a mad, endless universe, the exquisite nature of the unknown leads me to travel.” – DHB From my Favorite Quotations

About David

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David Hunter Bishop was a career journalist in Hawaii when he retired and grew weary of the retirement recliner. He started traveling the world and found that his new life on the road led to a life-changing fulfillment of his dreams. Here are his stories and thoughts about life and adventure as a senior solo traveler, hoping to inspire others to enrich their own lives through travel at any age with his motto, “Staying alive by not staying still!”

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Keep On Giving!

Here are links to charitable organizations that are special to me, to which I make regular contributions as part of my “Giving Tuesday” Real On The Road journey.

If you are looking to make a contribution to a worthy cause, you’ll be making a positive contribution to the health and well-being of the planet and the people who live here by donating to any one of the following charitable non-profit organizations.

The Bail Project

American Cancer Society

Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Project

TOCA: Teens of Color Abroad

Pegasus Education Foundation – Paulsboro Public Schools

Zimbabwe Umuntu Permaculture Projects

Zimbabwe Umuntu Permaculture Projects is organized to develop thriving permaculture gardens throughout Zimbabwe without the use of herbicides, insecticides or artificial fertilizers. I visited one of the organization’s primary projects in Mt. Darwin, central Zimbabwe, in March 2022, and was impressed with the size, scope and successes being achieved at the Mt. Darwin site under difficult conditions in Zimbabwe. Over the past two years I have made donations that helped to provide fencing and livestock for the site. You can help as well.

Please make your donations via Paypal, zimprojects100@gmail.com, c/o fundraising organizer Adam Waterhouse.

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