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Big City, Big Food and Dodgy Pharmacys
... is very hilly and we were at the bottom of a very step hill up to the main road, so that was fun.
The pedestrian street is amazing, filled with people all hours of the day and full of more than 9000 bars and pubs, one of which we visited everyday for happy hour.....see tony pouring his own beer int he pics below!!!
Lets get out of the city for a few days and head south while we wait for our Indian visas to be processed....maybe there will be some sun down there....maybe!?
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Our first day in Istanbul.
... jammed in so tight we could hardly move but the meal was very good. When we came out it was raining quite hard. It sort of made everything look drab.
We retreated to our bus and drove to the Underground Cistern. “The Basilica Cistern was built by Justinian I after the bloody Nika Revolt in 532, probably as an enlargement of an earlier cistern which was constructed by Constantine the Great. During the Byzantium Period, it was used as a ...
Vay anasina - wow
... verloren. Das Ziel war der Istanbul live Club (sucks), dort sollte eine Erasmusparty mit mind. 500 Personen stattfinden. Nun, es waren vermutlich 50, und der kleine Laden vorm Club hat, ich wette mind. 50 kurus, zehnmalmehr umsatz gemacht als der Club selbst. Um keineahnung Uhr haben wir die "Party" mit deutschen Erasmusmenschen verlassen, um einen weiteren Club aufzusuchen. Als wie die Hauptstraße (ich nenns jetzt ...
Day 264 - Welcome to the Western World
... strikes me how huge it is. Endless rows of businesses, skyscrapers, retail stores and restaurants litter the side of the highway and seem to stretch on forever as far as the eye can see. It's not a good first impression, but luckily it’s one that doesn’t stay long. Sean’s arrived ahead of me, having spent a week in Dubai while I travel the rest of India, and we make plans to meet in the main square. Reunited again, ...
Sultans, Spices, & Smoking in Istanbul
Today, Dennis and I took the ferry from Aysen's apartment to a part of
Istanbul that we haven't yet seen: Eminonu. This part of the city
includes several mosques/mausoleums - most important for me was that of
Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Roxelana. Sulieman was one of the
most important and longest reigning Ottoman sultans (ruled from 1520
until his death in 1566). His great grandfather was Mehmed II aka "The
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