Surprising belly dancer
[August 2012] After the lunch in the boat trip in Cesme, Turkey, there was an announcement. Then everybody cheered and looked at the back of the boat with expectation. We did not understand the announcement…
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Friendly boat trip
[August 2012] We joined a boat trip in Cesme, Turkey. I do not know the name of the places, but they took us to some beautiful spots and let us swim there. I jumped into…
Alacati where azan is out of place
[August 2012] From my hotel in Cesme, if I went right, there was Cesme town, if I went left there was Alacati. According to my guidebook, Alacati was forgotten small Greek town until a few…
Pedestrians cannot cross over
[August 2012] We joined the boat trip over the Bosporus in Istanbul. During this trip we saw this Bosporus Bridge. It was completed in 1971. For a while pedestrians could cross over, but because there were…
The floor of Blue Mosque
[August 2012] This was the third time for me to visit the famous Blue Mosque in Istanbul. This mosque was completed in 1616 by the architect Mehmed. It is special because there are 6 minarets….
Crossing the Sea of Marmara
Our Turkish group tour is now towards the end. Leaving Bursa, we were going to Istanbul. On the way, we crossed the Sea of Marmara. For some reason, there were a lot of jellyfish in…
The reason why all those scarf shops survive
[August 2012] Bursa in Turkey has been famous for its silk production. So we went into a building called Koza Han where there are lots of silk scarf shops. This was a caravanserai built in…
Unexpectedly lively mosque
[August 2012] Our Turkey tour came to Bursa. Here we visited Ulu Mosque (Grand Mosque) with my scarf on. It is a large mosque with a faountain in the centre. In any mosques, men and women…
The tomb of the king with donkey ears
[August 2012] This photo is the tomb of King Midas, who is famous with his donkey ears. I was very surprised to hear that King Midas really existed. I had thought that this story of…
