One of my dreams came true!!! Seriously!!! I had the chance to go to Istanbul, Turkiye, which was one of the places that I've been dreaming to go to...
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| taken from Apit Rani's facebook. |
The breathtaking scenery was worth waiting for hours and hours of flight delayed from KLIA to Atartuk Airport although we were so exhausted. We stayed at a very simple hotel, the Grand Hotel Halic. I love the view of the Bosphorus - wonderful blue of Istanbul Strait from our room. What I hate the most was the same disappointed breakfast menu every morning everyday.
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| taken from Apit Rani's facebook. We did almost every MUST-DO at Istanbul. But how I wish we could have just few more days to stay there... 1st day ~ Just couple of weeks ago, we visited Blue Mosque. It's called blue mosque because of the blue tiles. But I don't see much blue though. :) We took the chance to pray at the mosque built by a young Sultan, 19 year old Sultan Ahmet 1 in 1609 and finished at 1616. Then we walked to Topkapi Palace Museum. A museum that keeps all the valuable things like gold and diamond old jeweleries, the most precious diamond is 86 carats, "drop-shaped". We could also see the personal belongings of Prophet Muhammad e.g. the decorative sword, big footprint and very small amount of beard hair. Later at night, we went for a walk at Sultanahmet Area and watched the Hippodrome. It was originally built in 203 by the Roman Emperor. 2nd day~ we took the Bosphorus Cruise in daytime. The boat we took was large with two levels that gave us a good opportunity to see the splendid views of both continents Europe and Asia, plenty of jelly fish swam in the bluest ocean. Then we went to Spice Bazaar to buy some spices and turkish delights. "Lady, you drop something", said a young local guy. I quickly looked for that thing. "You dropped my heart", he continued... Hahahaaa... There's a lot of so called "charming" guys in that bazaar. ;P to be continued... |
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