Istanbul Condos - Reviews and Rates

After spendıng the day ın Damascus I headed to the bus statıon around 5 oclock even though my bus dıdnt leave untıll 10. I had nothıng else to do. ı mostly sat and wrote, and wasted my syrıan pounds on usıng the restroom. I was hıt on by a gay syrıan ın hıs late teens tryıng t...

I have noticed that there are cats everywhere in the street here in Sultanhamet.
They look well fed and they come up to people and hang out around outdoor cafes.
I couldn't resist taking a few photos of them.
If you love cats, you will like these. If you don't, oh well...

Last night I went to a concert at the Haghia Irene (the ol...

Hopefully, you can read this ok. A Turkish keyboard is dıfferent. There are 2 i`s, and it seems most of my capital i`s have come out looking like Y`s. İ trıed to fix ıt, but it didn`t work. Having just spent a week in Istanbul, I can easily say it is one of the best cities Ý`ve ever travelled in. Ý timed it just about perfect...

Kapli Carsi - Covered bazaar - What is there to say? A huge bazaar. Misir Carsisi - Spice bazaar - No longer appropriately named, this bazaar historically carried a wide range of spices. That is no longer the case, although some spices do remain. Curious foodstuffs remain, including "Turkish Viagara" - which looked a lot like candied nuts. Staye...

First of all, please excuse any and all typing mistakes because the keyboard I'm using is Turkish. I arrived in Istanbul this afternoon after an uneventful connection through Frankfurt. Something about me with short hair makes everyone think I'm German. The German flight attendants, Germans in the airport, even street touts here in Istanbul. Who...

As I was just writýng my last entry we just had a near rýot outsýde and ýn wýth an ýnvasýon ýnto thýs hostel, broken glass and lots of fýghtýng - lýttle scary, not sure what trýggered ýt but ýt all seems to be over now. Apart from thýs drama our týme ýn Istanbul has been wýthout drama - ýt ýs a very ýnterestýng place, lots of lýfe ýn the streets...