Grand Star Istanbul
Siraselviler caddesi No. 79/1, Taksim Istanbul, 80090, Turkey
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Bad bus driver! Bad!
... hours and view from the river of the city was pretty amazing. Also amazing was the number of tour boats going around…there had to be a hundred at least and all seemed to be racing to get to the finish so they could load up another group of paying tourists. The diverse architecture of Istanbul is a wild variation from buildings and castles dating back to B.C., through the Ottoman Empire, right up to modern times. The pictures tell it ...
[Clicks fingers] Done.
... in the terminal, which must have seemed so shockingly desperate that the girl behind the counter snuck me a pity salad (the best kind of salad).
The overnighter to Bangkok was sure to fool my body so I opted to forgo sleep in the hope I would be exhausted enough to reset the body clock on the next overnight flight into Sydney. Tomorrow (or today, I'm getting my times mixed up a bit) will involve wandering around Bangkok as I arrive at 9:30am and take off at ...
Take me back to Constantinople
... and the restauarant provides great service, so it's well worth the price. We also discovered that we share a new love of Saki.
After sushi, we went to Hamra to meet Anis and his friends at a bar. After a few drinks at the bar, we walked to Whiskey Bar to see Ramsey (Anis' longtime friend who owns Whiskey). We stayed at the bar until it died down, then headed to Anis' house for another hour or so.
The next night was a standard night at the ...
Istanbul, dressed in white.
... selling textiles that mainly Russians buy to resell in the former Russian Republics. The left side stores take care of the natives, and one can there buy scarfs, leather, underwear, copper ware, kitchen utensils, etc.
I wanted to visit some old friends, merchants in the Grand Bazaar, the famous Kapali Carsi. It is an amazing place. The main alley going from Beyazit to Nuruosmaniye has expensive jewelry shops, their doors flanked by men with a double duty of ...
Istanbul - what a city
... more metropolis stretching into the far distance.
Things got more exciting when suddenly the sea appeared on the right hand side. It was the Marmara Sea.
We parked up in Istanbul around 6 pm, in a secure coach park where the truck is kept for 4 days while we explore the city
From there we had a 10-minute walk to the Orient Hostel, with our bags, up what seemed a long ...



