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Most viewed - The Blue Mosque at Night - This photo shows the Blue Mosque lit up at night with a banner about the Ramadan festival. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - Inside of our train cabin - This was our "first class" cabin on the night-train to Lviv. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - A Whirling Dervish under the Blue Mosque - This whirling dervish was performing at a great little cafe / restaurant at the base of the Blue Mosque. It was great to have some mint tea and watch the performance. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - Our boat to Turkey - This is a photo of the Caledonia, the boat that would take us across the Black Sea to Istanbul (though after the trip, I'm not sure how sea-worthy it was!) CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - Hammer and sickel logo on a ship - This ship had an old-school Soviet logo plate on it's hull. It's interesting how much of that imagery still remains even after the fall of communism. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - Gate to the Palace - This is the main entrance to the huge palace of the former Ottoman Sultans. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Most viewed/Old baths in Istanbul
Most viewed - Old baths in Istanbul - These are the old baths outside of the palace and haghia sofia where people would wash before going in to pray. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - Rear of a soviet made car - Note the dual exhaust pipes! CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - A full length view of that massive bridge - This shows the huge scale of this bridge, that connects Europe and Asia. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - Truck called "Stalin's Papa" - This truck had old Hungarian flags with the hammer and sickel logo cut out from the middle of it. Note the name of the truck, "Sztalin Papa". CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Most viewed/Old fortress overlooking the Bosphorous
Most viewed - Old fortress overlooking the Bosphorous - This is one of the many old fortresses built to protect Istanbul on the edge of the Bosphorous. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - Memorial ceremony at Corvin - There was a big battle here at Corvin in Budapest where several Hungarian freedom fighters were killed. This memorial unveiled a statue to a young boy who was killed fighting the Soviets. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - The boat terminal in Odessa - This is a photo looking down the ship terminal in Odessa CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Most viewed/Entrance to the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Most viewed - Entrance to the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts - This was the front entrance to the museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul. It's a great museum with lots of artifacts from around the Islamic world. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Most viewed/Star on the top of a building
Most viewed - Star on the top of a building - Great architecture in Kiev, this communist style building had a large communist star rising from it's roof. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - Soviet made car - An old soviet made car, not sure the model CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Most viewed/Bridge over the Bosphorous
Most viewed - Bridge over the Bosphorous - One end of the bridge over the Bosphorous strait linking Europe and Asia. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - Cannon on a truck - From the front - A view from the front of a truck with a cannon mounted on it. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/European side of the bridge
Top rated - European side of the bridge - This is the European side of the massive bridge that connects Istanbul. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/View towards Lviv's old town
Top rated - View towards Lviv's old town - This is a view from our hotel looking towards the Lviv old town. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Streets of Dubrovnik
Top rated - Streets of Dubrovnik - This is a photo of the main street in Dubrovnik's old town - Probably the nicest old town I've ever seen. The streets are made of marble. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Another large ship going to Turkey
Top rated - Another large ship going to Turkey - This is the same ship that has the old Soviet logo on it's hull. It was also going to Istabul. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Bridge linking Europe and Asia
Top rated - Bridge linking Europe and Asia - This is the famous bridge linking the European and Asian side of Istanbul. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Downtown Kiev
Top rated - Downtown Kiev - This show shows one side of the main downtown area of Kiev. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Hammer and sickel logo on a ship
Top rated - Hammer and sickel logo on a ship - This ship had an old-school Soviet logo plate on it's hull. It's interesting how much of that imagery still remains even after the fall of communism. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Star on the top of a building
Top rated - Star on the top of a building - Great architecture in Kiev, this communist style building had a large communist star rising from it's roof. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Textiles from around the middle east and asia
Top rated - Textiles from around the middle east and asia - These textiles are from old camel bags and carpets made by nomads and others from around central asia and the middle east. These were hanging on the wall of a shop where they sold these. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Our boat to Turkey
Top rated - Our boat to Turkey - This is a photo of the Caledonia, the boat that would take us across the Black Sea to Istanbul (though after the trip, I'm not sure how sea-worthy it was!) CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Actor on a bike
Top rated - Actor on a bike - This actor was motionless, holding a bike. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Cannon on a truck
Top rated - Cannon on a truck - Photo of a 50's era truck with a cannon mounted on the back. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/The Kiev Opera / Theatre
Top rated - The Kiev Opera / Theatre - This is the Opera / Theatre in Kiev, a great place to see some shows. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Full view of the Blue Mosque - This is a full view of the huge Blue Mosque in Istanbul CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - A full length view of that massive bridge - This shows the huge scale of this bridge, that connects Europe and Asia. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Museum in Odessa
Top rated - Museum in Odessa - This is one of the museums in Odessa. You can see a wedding party on the left of the photo. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Another historical church
Top rated - Another historical church - Another massive church in Kiev CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Photo of a Ukrainian Orthodox Church - One of Kiev's many beautiful churches. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Actor holding a Hungarian flag
Top rated - Actor holding a Hungarian flag - There were actors on the chain bridge dressed in 1950's era clothing and holding fake weapons and flags, to give an idea of what it was like during the revolution. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Cannon on a truck - From the front
Top rated - Cannon on a truck - From the front - A view from the front of a truck with a cannon mounted on it. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Old tower in Istanbul
Top rated - Old tower in Istanbul - This is a photo of the old tower that overlooks Istanbul. There's a restaurant at the top and a look out. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Sunrise over Asia - This is a picture of the sun rising over the Asian side of Turkey. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Old fortifications in Istanbul - More old fortifications built hundreds of years ago to help defend Istanbul. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/View of Prague
Top rated - View of Prague - This is a view of Prague on an overcast day, from a tower on one end of the Charles Bridge. You can see Prague Castle in the distance. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/View of the Blue Mosque from the Haghia Sofia
Top rated - View of the Blue Mosque from the Haghia Sofia - This is a view looking towards the Blue Mosque from a window in the Haghia Sofia CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/A museum in Kiev
Top rated - A museum in Kiev - This is a photo of one of the many museums in Kiev CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Photo of an old medical truck
Top rated - Photo of an old medical truck - A photo of a medical truck used in the 1956 revolution. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Domes of the Haghia Sofia - View of some of the domes surrounding the huge Haghia Sofia CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Courtyard between churches in Kiev - A courtyard flanked on each side by large church buildings. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/National Museum of Ukraine
Top rated - National Museum of Ukraine - A museum near the churches in Kiev. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Downtown Kiev - This is a photo of the main sqaure in downtown Kiev CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Golden Angel in downtown Kiev - This is a photo of a small arch and on top a statue of an angel. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Old fortress overlooking the Bosphorous
Top rated - Old fortress overlooking the Bosphorous - This is one of the many old fortresses built to protect Istanbul on the edge of the Bosphorous. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Views on the Kiev-Pechersk National Historical Preserve
Top rated - Views on the Kiev-Pechersk National Historical Preserve - This is a photo looking across just part of the large Kiev-Pechersk National Historical Preserve. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/The Dragon Bridge in Ljubljana
Top rated - The Dragon Bridge in Ljubljana - This is a photo of one of the Dragons on Ljubljana's Dragon Bridge. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Hungarian armoured vehicle
Top rated - Hungarian armoured vehicle - This was an older army vehicle that people (or at least kids) could climb around on and look at. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Statue in Zagreb
Top rated - Statue in Zagreb - This is a photo of a monument in downtown Zagreb, Croatia. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Cafe in the Aristar Bazaar
Top rated - Cafe in the Aristar Bazaar - This cafe was a great place to hang out in the evenings with many locals, and well located just down from the Blue Mosque in the Aristar Bazaar. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Statue in downtown Kiev
Top rated - Statue in downtown Kiev - A statue showing various warriors from Kiev's history. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Entrance to the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Top rated - Entrance to the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts - This was the front entrance to the museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul. It's a great museum with lots of artifacts from around the Islamic world. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Decorated domes waiting to go on some churches
Top rated - Decorated domes waiting to go on some churches - A set of the decorated domes that go on top of the church towers, waiting to be placed. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Glowing golden spires on a church
Top rated - Glowing golden spires on a church - Many of Kiev's churches have these shimmering golden globs on top of their church towers - They shine brilliantly on a sunny day. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Overlooking Cologne at sunset
Top rated - Overlooking Cologne at sunset - This photo overlooks Cologne at sunset, you can see the towers of the church in the old town. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/The boat terminal in Odessa
Top rated - The boat terminal in Odessa - This is a photo looking down the ship terminal in Odessa CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/A view of the European side of Istanbul
Top rated - A view of the European side of Istanbul - This is a view of the main downtown area of modern day Istanbul. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Bridge over the Bosphorous - One end of the bridge over the Bosphorous strait linking Europe and Asia. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Old baths in Istanbul - These are the old baths outside of the palace and haghia sofia where people would wash before going in to pray. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Figures in the oldest shopping mall
Top rated - Figures in the oldest shopping mall - It said in our guidebook that this little shopping area was one of the oldest malls in the world. It's quite small, but very ornately decorated, like these statues. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Gate to the Palace
Top rated - Gate to the Palace - This is the main entrance to the huge palace of the former Ottoman Sultans. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/The Lviv Opera / Theatre
Top rated - The Lviv Opera / Theatre - This is a photo of the large Lviv theatre / opera. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Colourful houses in old Istanbul - These colourful houses were tucked away in an alley and had slogans painted on about solidarity between the Turkish people and the Palastinian people. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Downtown Lviv - This is on one of the sidestreets in the old town of Lviv. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Soviet made car - An old soviet made car, not sure the model CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Rear of a soviet made car - Note the dual exhaust pipes! CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Map of the Kiev-Pechersk National Historical Preserve - This is a map of the sprawling Kiev-Pechersk National Historical Preserve. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Last additions - The Turkish Quarter in Sarajevo - This is a picture of the Turkish Quarter in the centre of Sarajevo CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - The Turkish Quarter in Sarajevo - This is a picture of the Turkish Quarter in the centre of Sarajevo CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - The Turkish Quarter in Sarajevo - This is a picture of the Turkish Quarter in the centre of Sarajevo CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Last additions - The Dragon Bridge in Ljubljana - This is a photo of one of the Dragons on Ljubljana's Dragon Bridge. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - The Dragon Bridge in Ljubljana - This is a photo of one of the Dragons on Ljubljana's Dragon Bridge. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - The Dragon Bridge in Ljubljana - This is a photo of one of the Dragons on Ljubljana's Dragon Bridge. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Last additions - Truck called "Stalin's Papa" - This truck had old Hungarian flags with the hammer and sickel logo cut out from the middle of it. Note the name of the truck, "Sztalin Papa". CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Last additions - Cannon on a truck - From the front - A view from the front of a truck with a cannon mounted on it. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Last additions - Cannon on a truck - Photo of a 50's era truck with a cannon mounted on the back. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Last additions - Photo of an old medical truck - A photo of a medical truck used in the 1956 revolution. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - Soviet made car - An old soviet made car, not sure the model CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - Cannon on a truck - From the front - A view from the front of a truck with a cannon mounted on it. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - Cannon on a truck - Photo of a 50's era truck with a cannon mounted on the back. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Most viewed - Photo of an old medical truck - A photo of a medical truck used in the 1956 revolution. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Photo of an old medical truck - A photo of a medical truck used in the 1956 revolution. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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CanuckAbroad.com Travel Photos - Top rated/Hungarian armoured vehicle
Top rated - Hungarian armoured vehicle - This was an older army vehicle that people (or at least kids) could climb around on and look at. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Soviet made car - An old soviet made car, not sure the model CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Top rated - Rear of a soviet made car - Note the dual exhaust pipes! CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Last additions - The Blue Mosque at Night - This photo shows the Blue Mosque lit up at night with a banner about the Ramadan festival. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Last additions - Old tower in Istanbul - This is a photo of the old tower that overlooks Istanbul. There's a restaurant at the top and a look out. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Last additions - A full length view of that massive bridge - This shows the huge scale of this bridge, that connects Europe and Asia. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Last additions - European side of the bridge - This is the European side of the massive bridge that connects Istanbul. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Last additions - Sunrise over Asia - This is a picture of the sun rising over the Asian side of Turkey. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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Last additions - A view of the European side of Istanbul - This is a view of the main downtown area of modern day Istanbul. CanuckAbroad Travel Photos Gallery
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