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Istanbul
Istanbul photo gallery I spent 5 days in sunny Istanbul. OK, so it actually rained the night I got there, but I could walk around without a jacket most of the time. Istanbul is much more European than I anticipated. Turkey is a massive country and I imagine things are different further east, but Istanbul was about as close to the Iraqi border as I wanted to get considering the conflict. Before going, I was nervous about being an American tourist there, but I needn't have been. People were friendly and welcoming and eager to talk with an American. They said the number of visitors from the USA has decreased drastically since the Iraq war started. One of the highlights of the trip was meeting Amir, a friendly, laid-back Iranian. Beautiful Mosques are all over the city. I expected everyone to throw down a carpet and start praying when the call to prayer sounded from the minarets, but things went on as normal. The praying apparently only goes on in the Mosques and there are a lot of people who don't do the 5 times a day thing. Food was yummy and CHEAP!!! Every morning I ate tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese, a bit-o-bread and peach juice. In the evenings I usually had fish. Nothing extra special, but it was fresh and tasted great. I went purely for pleasure. Istanbul is a bustling city with lots of visuals...some colorful and beautiful (which I tried to capture with both my Canon cameras) and others dirty and dismal, like any big city. Strike that. Like most big cities. Singapore is different, so I'm told. I'm still eating tomatoes, cucumbers and feta cheese on a daily basis. |