Shined Shoes

Back in Istanbul -- in which we have Troubles with Shoe Shines

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August 12th 2008
We left Sugar Beach Club and the tour at 2:30 in the morning (!) for a one hour ride to the airport and a one hour flight to Istanbul. We got in around 6, left our luggage at the guesthouse, and then had about 6 hours to walk around until the rooms were ready. We walked through the cisterns -- a huge underground complex with pillars and walkways, and a few fish. Its quite interesting to walk th ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more