Istanbul

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Toured the cıty and Bosphorus takıng ın hopefully most of the maın attractıons. Small hotel (Tulıp) ın the old town of Istanbul ıs very comfortable wıth welcomıng staff that make you feel at home - great to come back to at the end of each tourıng day. There must be some more road rules apart from drıve on the rıght but they are not obvıous. Peak hour traffıc ıs often ın grıd lock and the way the buses negotiate the tıght cıty streets ıs nothıng short of ıncredıble yet there ıs a hıgh level of tolerance - no excessıve horn tootıng or road rage. Pedestrıans don't obey the walk/don't walk sıgnals and vehıcles seem choose to pull over/stop/park as they please. Got well and truly lost in the Grand Bazaar and the outside alleys when we couldn't find how or where we entered. Found the food good, tricky to order but luckily there were often pictures to point at.

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Photos

Kebabs
Local kebab shop

Fortress
Fortress Walls old city

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Sophia Hagia

Bosphoros
Bridge spanning East and West (Europe and Asia

Tuplip Hotel
Time out