Gobbledy gook from our travels in Turkey

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May 12th 2006

Published: July 21st 2006

Ah, I see from Rob's previous blog that I have been implicated as a partner in crime for the tardiness of our travel updates ("we" blew it??). To be fair, it hasn't always been due to someone procrastinating. 8 months sounds like a lot of time to be taking off but we are constantly amazed at how little time we have left at the end of the day for reading and writing when there are so many kilometr... Read Full Entry

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Ceiling of the Aya Sophia, Istanbul

Blue Mosque, Istanbul

Outside the Blue Mosque, Istanbul

Candle-like minarets on the Blue Mosque, IStanbul

Interior of the Blue Mosque, Istanbul

Street vendors, Istanbul

Suburb by the water, Istanbul

We didn't see many high rises along the waterfront which was just as well. They seem to have resisted the tendency in many other countries to put up their tallest apartments along the waterfront (to the detriment of everyone else behind them)

One of the many ways of spending your Sunday afternoon, Istanbul

Several hundred of these ply the Bosphorus daily to get to and from the Black Sea

Jellyfish soup

Not sure what the story is but we saw gazillions of jellyfish washed up along the waterfront. Maybe this is the time of the year they commit kamikaze en masse

Boaties haven, Bosphorus

Beautiful mosque by the water

Beautiful houses on the water

Rob at the point where the Bosphorus meets the Black Sea

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