"Hanging out among minarets and bikinis
No shortage of surprises in Turkey, a country of contrasts where time-worn customs co-exist with modern trends
Robin Esrock
Vancouver Sun
Two thousand feet below me, the Mediterranean sparkled like the twinkle of a mirror ball in the blue eyes of a Disco Queen. I was flying, comfortably seated in business class on Paraglide Airlines.
My pilot, a sunburnt Turk named Alper, was hunting thermals that would boost us up so quickly it would take the wind out of me. As we drifted above the resort town of Olu Deniz, regarded as one of the world's premier paragliding destinations, I decided that one visit to Turkey would not be enough."
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