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Travel Blogs from Istanbul

Istanbul: Brilliance of Ramadan and Iftar

A travel blog entry by chiapoe

... was eerie to have the streets of Istanbul entirely to myself.

I stumbled upon the Yeni Camii (New Mosque) by the Galata Bridge in Eminonu.

Set in the style of the great Imperial Ottoman Mosques, the Yeni Camii did not disappoint. Upon entry, my feet sunk into the plush, deep, warm and soothing carpets that adorn every great mosque. Much like the Blue Mosque, the interior of the mosque was covered ...

Lahitraot

A travel blog entry by turner72

... sure which. I have to claim that sentiment as part of my Christian heritage because the law is an expression of God's will, but I'm not sure exactly what that looks like in the context of ultra-orthodox Judaism. Anyway, I couldn't stay and meditate long because we had to get back and pack up, which I barely accomplished before our departure meeting. The timing was less than ideal for our flight, which left at 9:20 in the ...

Istanbul

A travel blog entry by betsybond

... slab of marble with each side holding a naked woman sprawled out getting scrubbed, lathered or massaged.

Before long we too were being scrubbed clean of all the dead skin and dirt our weeks of camping left on our skin. Dirty looking rolls of skin came off with alarming ease, must be the remnants of the nasty sun burn I carelessly got in Mexico three week prior. Jody was the last to go and got extra ...

Istanbul revisited: the crossroad of Europe & Asia

A travel blog entry by rootsandroutes

... in soft pastel colours. The contrasts with Istanbul were so profound, one might think that these islands were much further from the pulsating and noisy metropolis than an hour's ferry ride.

Wide streets became evergreen woodland tracks, as the town retreated down the hill. Cyclists and more horse-drawn carts sped past us, as the sparse, gnarly pines stood silently in their grassy bed. The afternoon was drawing later, as we returned to town to catch the ferry. Occasionally, ...