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November 1st, 2010 | Asia

The “Boom” in ‘Bul…!!

An icy wind and cloudy conditions had greeted our arrival back in Istanbul… At the Black Bird hotel, we discovered that the top three floors of the hotel had been damaged by the incessant rain that had fallen while we had been away…!! Our booking had been transferred to a hotel around the corner, and […]

October 22nd, 2010 | Asia

Sights and Sounds of Istanbul…

Debbie and I in Taksim Square…

Flower sellers line the one side of the square…

It’s amazing how differently you look at a city when you are no longer on your own… From the moment I collected Debbie (who landed at Ataturk Airport at the un-Godly hour of 6.20am…!); Istanbul took […]

October 8th, 2010 | Asia

Rained out in Istanbul…!!

Its raining hard in Istanbul…!!

It is no longer raining in Istanbul… It is now pouring…!!

Thunder can be heard rolling around above the clouds every few minutes, and a deluge early this morning, saw many of the narrow streets flooded… Despite this, people are still thronging to see the Blue Mosque, situated […]

October 7th, 2010 | Asia

Welcome to Istanbul…!!

Check this out…!!

Some sights of Istanbul for you to look at…!! Seeing that with the current prevailing weather, I will not be seeing many of them myself…!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfpdt74MDJw

October 6th, 2010 | Asia

Into Istanbul…

Another early start, this time from Drama, and Dennis was there to say goodbye…

There is hardly a road sign on the higways in Greece, that have not been subjected to graffiti…

The wet weather that had dogged my trail since Croatia was there to bid me farewell when I left […]