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The Seat of Ottoman Power
... in 1460 and which has always been used to store works of art and treasure. It features an incredible collection of precious objects including jewelry with diamonds and other precious metals and stone. Significant among them are the sword of Suleyman the Magnificent, the Throne of Ahmed-I inlaid with mother-of-pearl and the Topkapi dagger, a small dagger with three enormous emeralds on the hilt and a watch set into the pommel (perhaps used to record the exact time of death of ...
Özbekistan
... those ice-cream machines, the first drops that come out are spoiled because they were exposed to the heat. The ice-cream servers always just collect it in a cup and throw it right away. However, this place had a whole cup full of this stuff sitting on the counter. I didn’t think that was odd until too late. It didn’t strike me that the only reason they would collect that stuff would be to mix it back into the machine afterwards. ...
A Pleasant Ride to Istanbul...Well, Sort of!
This is a top pick!
... sightseein': lots of women in burqas, men in long dresses who looked like they are from Saudi Arab, men in turbans, and more Africans. REALly quite sight!!! An eye-openin' experience for me. Didn't buy anything but just 2 bottles of H20.
Off to the next plane to Accura, Ghana...
A few hours later, an African lady who sat in front of me waved at me and gestured to look out of the plane window. She had 4 kiddos with ...
And so the journey begins
Welcome to our travel blog, and we hope you enjoy sharing our adventures over the next two months. Well so far so good. We arrived in Istanbul at lunchtime, without any dramas - Qatar airlines were excellent, very professional and great service- the business class lounge in Doha has to be seen to be believed! Our hotel the Yasmak Sultan is in the old sector of the city - close to all the main tourist attractions. We dumped our bags and went for an explore of the area around ...
Ottomans and All the Men, Part II
... I’ve never felt more uncomfortable. First, I passed security guards toting giant guns to get to the ticket booth – they looked at my legs as obviously as if they hollered my name. I bought my ticket, and as I passed through the inner courtyard, a little woman covered in her shall looked me up and down and gave me the evilest of evil glares. Although she said nothing, I have a feeling she was thinking about my destination after I die, and by the looks of it, she ...
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