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Turkey tour 1
... and were slaughtered on it for no gain, about 600 total. Imagine the site of 600 fallen troops on a piece of land no bigger then a rugby pitch. At some sections the Turks and the Aussies trenches were no further then 5-10m from each other, and both sides use to throw food and smokes and letters to each other. The trenches are mostly half filled with dirt now due to erosion and flooding, but some are well preserved. Some are completely left alone though and just have ...
Pondswimmer visits Istanbul - city of the Sultans
... church with a mosque built by the Ottomans on the ruins and is absolutely enormous. Then to underground cisterns with Medusa Heads (upside down because they were used as column supports) and then tea in carpet shop with a Kurd who prophesized the fall of America – too indebted to China to recover, recurrence of wars in Europe and the regrowth of the Turkish Empire in alliance with Russia. Then I walked across the river to the Galata Tower ...
Around Istanbul
... the corner from the Blue Mosque so had a look inside very big place and carpet all over with paintings on walls and ceilings fairly impressive. The older buildings here are a bit run down in some cases virtually falling down but people still in them. Off tomorrow for Antalya to stay with Diane's cousin for a few days.
Petrol in Turkey is worth $1.93 per ltr and for those that complained this time I’ve added a few photos of yours ...
Istanbrrrrrrrrr...
... trip and I made it back to Ghana on the 24th after an almost seamless journey back. I was seated next to an obese man from Istanbul to Cairo whose legs and stomach squeezed through the seat onto my side. At one point he looked at me and asked if I was comfortable. I smiled and said, ‘oh yes’. I passed out in Cairo for about 3 solid hours in a funny position on their super uncomfortable chairs and ended up with a major kink in my neck ...
Gone to Asia, Be Back in an Hour
... but it's a 20 min cab ride to IST!) Not a problem - the menu shows that it's a little pricey by Turkish standards but still reasonable by American ones. They seated us in the restaurant, and then just... left. There was a large buffet set up, but we weren't sure that we particularly wanted that. A waitress came and poured some water from a bottle and then left it on our table without asking, so we assumed... that's included? After 5 or so minutes of no ...