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Istanbul Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul
This is a top pick! ... got the message loud and clear. 10 kilometers down the road we made our breakfast before braving the peak hour traffic into Istanbul. It was a squeeze of traffic coming into town. Feeder roads caused organized mayhem and we had to stand our ground and ...
Classes
This is a top pick! ... waking up each morning and starting a new adventure. Every single day. Egypt was just so thrilling and challenging. Istanbul, of course, has so much to explore too, but I move with a big group of students who have different ideas of ...
Another scholarship! and karaoke
This is a top pick! Hey hey hey! I won yet another scholarship- this time from the Korean Embassy! Apparently I am among the 110 outstanding Korean undergraduate/graduate students in the U.S. and Canada. I should really start applying for more ...
Paulie Baba and the Taxi Thieves
This is a top pick! ... by the sound of the call to prayer all over the city as we entered. The Muslim faith, the prominent religion of Istanbul, requires that its followers pray 5 times a day. The prayer times are called out over speakers throughout the city. To me ...
Turkish Delights
This is a top pick! ... to take alternative routes at times to avoid running into someone Ý have told Ý will see later...etc. Turkey and specifically Istanbul is much more secular than many of the other places Ý have visited. Still hear multiple ...
From Europe to Asia, twice
This is a top pick! ... in the Netherlands and saying goodbye to friends both there and in Prague, my trip started properly at Prague airport, with my flight to Istanbul. The Turkish Airlines flight to Delhi does not connect, so they put travellers up in a hotel just to keep the ...
Epilogue
This is a top pick! ... losing track of reality. The leap from the orphanage in Nakuru to my house in Kemerburgaz (one of the up-scale suburbs of Istanbul) has been so great that there is a disconnect between my past and present experiences. Therefore, one of them has to be ...
Chapter 44: "My friend owns a carpet shop..."
This is a top pick! ... Sudan hung out. Must have been a fascinating scene back in the day... I left the palace with a new enthusiasm for Istanbul and Turkey in general, so I headed to the Hippodrome, which is now a track-shaped road with some ancient obelisks and pillars in ...
Maguires in Turkey, Oh My!!
This is a top pick! ... and marble as far as the eye can see. After day 2 in Istanbul we caught a night bus out of Istanbul to Efesus (Efes). Our first bus in Turkey and I must say I was impressed. They run more like airplanes, serving coffee and snacks; the only snag was ...
Our First Few Days in Istanbul
This is a top pick! ... Toronto and twice a minute being approached by a shopkeeper wanting to sell you a case of maple syrup. A back and forth in Istanbul might go something like: "Hello sir, today business is terrible. I eat only bread." as the carpet man good-naturedly ...
Compulsive Conversation Re-enforcement Disorder
This is a top pick! Today is our last day in Istanbul before we head to Hungary (via Sophia, Bulgaria) so we decided to try one of the traditional Turkish baths, a Hamman. We wandered around for a while trying to find one that wouldn't break the bank. So often on this trip ...
Turkey - The land of Bread........
This is a top pick! ... very regimented and they expected you to follow the sheep, where as Nazza and I like to try to get off the beaten track. Istanbul was good, Narelle had a Turkish bath (Narelle to insert story...) and we had some great pasta, Basically we waxed too much ...
Whatever You Want It to Be
This is a top pick! ... outside. The same was true for the Blue Mosque, with its elegance. All in all, I stayed in Istanbul about ten days before and after traveling around Turkey. The Euro2008 football matches were in full swing, with Turkey as a contender, so many eyes ...
Istanbul Kaducoy Otopark
This is a top pick! ... high rise apartment buildings all looking pretty much the same, although, to be fair, the ones closest to the heart of Istanbul were a little more individual. There are many bush fire warning signs on the highways as there are large areas of pine ...
Farewell Istanbul
This is a top pick! Finally saying goodbye for good to Istanbul..at least for this trip I think. Off to Cairo tomorrow...Can honestly say that aside from a ferry up the Bosphorous to see the Black Sea...I have seen most all of this city...at least the ...
Merhaba, Would you like to buy a carpet?
This is a top pick! ... become special to you immediately. The men in Develi Spice shop and the ones at Omar's are topping that list here in Turkey. After stuffing ourselves and getting a little tipsy we started to stroll in the direction of the cistern. We were diverted by ...
A big day of sightseeing
This is a top pick! Well, today we set off to Sultanahmet, the ancient part of Istanbul for a spot of sightseeing. It's always possible to overdo these things, especially for Maggie and Georgie who are not wild about monuments etc in the first place. We found the spice ...
Asia in the morning, Europe in the evening
This is a top pick! ... my ISCS card somehow, and I am really, really upset about it. ANYWAY, the sunken palace... wow! My new favorite place in Istanbul!!! I have never seen anything like this! We walked down a few steps, and you could see rows and rows or ...
last stop....Istanbul
This is a top pick! ... challenged here and that I miss the perspective/energy/presence of women in my experience here. So far my favorite part of Istanbul...the street market with its throngs of people for blocks and blocks - I've included a video or two to give a ...
...I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done...
This is a top pick! He Said: I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when our overnight train between Bucharest and Istanbul started running a bit late. You'd expect there to be a delay or two being given a scheduled nineteen-hour ride with at least a dozen station stops ...
Cruising the day away
This is a top pick! ... . Turkish coffee is also available but surprisingly not very popular. Tea is the drink of choice for most Turks, at least here in Istanbul. On the whole the coffee is both lousy and very expensive. A weak cappuccino made with UHT milk is 5 lira ($4.50) ...
Happy new year 2006 !
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last day in istanbul
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