Saturday 21 April - Today we headed off from London to Istanbul, with a quick stop off in Paris on the way. Arrived late in the evening and headed for our hotel. After dumping our gear we headed off to see the Blue Mosque at twilight. We then found a restaurant, complete with sleazy Turkish fella's who spoke a bit of Kia Ora! Sunday 22 April - The rest of the tour group arrived (about 40 of us in total) and we headed off for a cruise of the Bosphorous. Half way through the cruise we had a poor excuse for a belly dancer come up onto the top deck and try to perform what she tried to pass off as a traditional belly dance. In fact, what it was was a dance from a
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