{"id":340,"date":"2014-01-11T17:33:02","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T17:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/?page_id=340"},"modified":"2019-01-26T00:29:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T23:29:32","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hello there and welcome to my luxury travel blog!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I am not\u00a0part of the travel industry. I am a\u00a0doctor with 2 passions: my work and travel. My travel blog is\u00a0a reference source for fellow travelers with the same spirit. There is an avalanche of travel websites, reviews and agencies out there, that can inspire the discerning traveler but also cause a lot of frustration and confusion (<em>&#8220;too many choices!&#8221;<\/em>;\u00a0<em>&#8220;is it worth it?&#8221;<\/em>;\u00a0<em>&#8220;will it fit my taste?&#8221;<\/em>). I\u00a0filter all that information into this\u00a0website about luxury travel, based on my\u00a0own 20 years long (and ongoing) experience of traveling around the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can subscribe to my <strong>newsletter<\/strong>\u00a0(3x\/week) by entering your email address in the box on the right side (desktop) or bottom (tablet, smart phone) of this page. 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