Tale of Two Continents

Istanbul! Lets see if I can sum up the place for you...

1.Belly Dancing... (saw the costumes, din see the bellies...)
2.Apple Tea
3.Teeth Ruining Achingly Sweet Desserts (Turkish Delight is not so delightful afterall...)
4.Good Food. *yum* :P

Other than the fact that I witnessed a snatch theft, argued with a taxi driver who tried to con us poor girls, and was pestered to near insanity by the stall holders at the bazaars... it was a pretty nice place :) Heh...

Okok.. the important bit.. photos!

The Blue Mosque

Really lovely.. had this real "awe inspiring" feeling when you gaze at the mosque from afar... very nice.

It was really quite funny because we girls were so trigger happy with our cameras that it took us forever just to reach the entrance of the mosque... It was literally a minute to closing time when we finally reached the mosque. *sheepish grin*



Grand Bazaar & Spice Bazaar... Totally Bizarre

The Grand Bazaar - Alittle too touristy and prices were stee-ep. Felt so harassed by the shopowners.. their typical sentence would start with, "Lady? LADY?! Where you from? Japan? Korea? Thailand?!!"

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So anyway, we were quite dissapointed with "The Grand Bazaar Experience" and decided to drop by the Spice Bazaar instead. Much better... not so much tourist nonsense but still lots of "Lady? LADY?!" Ugh.

Above are pics of the Grand Bazaar. Below are those of the Spice Bazaar.

Turkish Viagra anyone? (If you can't see the small words in the pic, it says "5 Times in the Night." Amazing.)





Food Glorious Food!

I swear... Im still thinking about the fantastic food till this day... Mm Mm Mmmmm...

Steamed mussels with flavoured rice - steamed IN the mussel. SUPER GOOD! *salivate*

Deep fried oysters with batter *drool*

Baklava dessert... super sweet. But still good.

*sigh*



Ok! Tats all folks! I'm off to Perth tomorrow...

Till my next trigger happy trip.

(I must say.... i do wish i brought home some of that Turkish Viagra to experiment with...Damn.)