Despite being technically part of Europe, with it being in the small portion of Turkey that is, it was completely unlike everywhere else that I had been. Once we arrived, the first job was to find somewhere to stay. A taxi driver persuaded us to go to a particular hotel, which probably belonged to his brother. He crammed six people into his taxi. The total disregard for rules and regulations reminded me of Bangkok, and I instantly decided that it was worth coming all this way for. The hotel had enough rooms and was reasonably central, although as it was Turkey we were obliged to argue about the price. I had a bit of a problem getting some cash. Most of the banks wanted to charge £4 to cash a £10 travellers' cheque. We hunted round
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