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 My first view of the city and it is covered in snow. |
 My first view of the city and it is covered in snow. |
 My first view of the city and it is covered in snow. |
 The hotel district, next to Taksim square. |
 My hotel was on this street. |
 The statue in the middle of Taksim square. |
 Looking at the mosque from the middle of Taksim square. |
 Istiklal Street, desserted so early in the morning. |
 Istiklal street. |
 One of the many "Irish" pubs. |
 A perfectly enormous kebab. There is literally kilos of meat on this thing, and this is the busiest... |
 Starbucks. Yes, I turned into a Star-hoe while I was in Istanbul. Only place to get a consistantly... |
 A really colourfull dude reading a paper. |
 Istiklal street. |
 The old tram which still runs the length of Istiklal street. |
 One of the thousands of "simit" vendors. Simit is a seasamee seed covered bread ring, with the cons... |
 Interesting Motif on the gates of the school. |
 School gates. |
 Another view of Istiklal Street |
 Another view of Istiklal Street |
 Hagia Sofia |
 Blue Mosque |
 The metro, which takes you back over the bridge. |
 This stone pillar is all the remains of a Byzantine triamphal arch from which road distances to all ... |
 So I would remember |
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 Egyptian monolith, erected 390 AD |
 So I would remember |
 A bunch of ladies we encountered, who seemed to be going slightly crazy. |
 We found out later that they are boarding at a university |
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 We also later found out that the university boarding house was not co-ed. |
 And I found out even later that they seemed to like whiteys. |
 Yeah - I had some explaining to do about this one. |
 Sweet ladies, really. |
 Into Hagia Sofia we go. |
 Tourist info board |
 Really a very astounding place inside, seems so much bigger on the inside that outside. |
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 The Arabic writing was placed here after the temple |
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 These marble vases were very impressive. |
 These marble vases were very impressive. |
 This is a hole that has been worn into the marble. It is said that Sultan Mehme turned the temple a... |
 Going up the ramp to the balcony |
 A view from the balcony. |
 Ulukan and Hakkan, my hosts and guides for the day. |
 A view from the balcony. |
 A view from the window towards the Blue Mosque. |
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 Me and Eyup, after visiting the Turkish bath. We look roasted because we are - this is the cooling ... |
 Hassain, myself and another guy. The main Turkish bath part was downstairs. |
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