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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Istanbul Day 4 - Sultan Suleyman's Mosque, Basilica Cistern & Forum Istanbul
Its 239am now,so even I have so much in my mind to write, but my fingers & brain are just not working in parallel.
So let the pictures tell the tale, shall we?
University of Istanbul
On our 4th day in Istanbul, the first thing we did in the morning was to revisit Sultan Suleyman's Mosque, as we didn't mange to get a nice picture of it the night earlier (read : Istanbul Day3). Still it was snowing "cats & dogs" but in the mornings, I tell you, it wall totally a different picture. So serene, I never appreciated snow that much in my life. Not since I met with the snow in Russia.
Outside of Sultan Suleyman Mosque
Inside of Sultan Suleyman's Mosque
After that, we thought of walking our way to Basilica Cistern even though we actually have no idea where the roads ahead are leading us to. 100% following our instinct (yes, that much of confidence we have). Of course, we never reached the Cistern. Instead we went to the wrong place which turned out to be an area of local shops & markets that rarely tourists go to. What else you can get there besides bargains which are sold with marked down price (as meant for locals)? *yippie yai yay*
She actually bought 2 pair of those
Dyna straight away bought 2 pair of boots that she was eyeing on since Day 1 we arrived and I bought all the pashminas in the world. Well, obvious not all, sorry for the exaggeration! You can never see any happier tourists than both of us that day!
Too much time spent at the shops and too many plastic bags to carry around, we decided to post-pone our visit to Basilica Cistern to after lunch.
Basilica Cistern
Medusa
For dinner, we decided to explore more of Istanbul so we googl-ed for the largest shopping complex there - Forum Istanbul. It was pretty huge but the part that is undeniably huge is the food court over there. Countless restaurants, take-aways from one end to another. To no surprise we ended up spending most of the time at the food court eating one thing after another. Shopped for a while as we all were a bit 'pokai' already for the day.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Gorky Games 2012 (9th MIGA)
Came back from Nizhny with thousands of wonderful memories.
Of course, victory was the icing sugar topping added on to it.
Worth every sweat!
The best Malaysian Intervarsity Games (MIGA) I've been to so far.
From the training sessions, to our pre-games party, to the 18 hour journey by bus and of course, the match itself, I enjoyed it all to the core. I even miss it already!
Just like how I wanted my last MIGA to be.
Baksetball (M) & F)
Thank you beloved team mates of basketball & handball. It has been a wonderful 6 years!
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Istanbul - Day 3 (Miniaturk, Kora Church, Suleyman Mosque)
Day 3 in Istanbul
Miniaturk, is as how it sounds to be - a mini version of Turkey where they display miniatures of famous buildings and architecures spread all over Turkey. I find this place very informative, a good tourist spot and I highly recommend it to be one of the places you must go if your destination is Istanbul.
The place was extremely huge we spent a good 4 hours over there ( probably more of it wasn't for the cold wind).
Info-friendly
Another place to go in my list for next time!
Miniature of Sultanahmet Mosque
How they pay attention to even small details like this (a closed-up picture of the Blue Mosque's courtyard)
Later we returned to Eminonu for lunch. Thanks to Dyna a.k.a our best travel planner, she had a long list of "must-eat-in-Istanbul".
I loved to bits the fish sandwich over there, as I'm always a seafood lover. Over here in Russia we don't get fresh seafood. So, for me definitely one sandwich is NOT enough. I had to come back for more.
Fresh from the boat!
After lunch we left for Kora Church or Kariye Muzesi. Got lost at first before reaching there. Us and another American couple were basically encircling the wrong building and took us about 15 minutes to realize that we were at the total opposite side of where we we're heading to.
Didn't enter the museum because I'm not much of a museum person. Besides we haven't prayed yet, so we need to reach home before Maghrib. The scenery over there was nice and what me & Dyna enjoyed most was the beautiful ceramic arts.
Didn't enter the museum because I'm not much of a museum person. Besides we haven't prayed yet, so we need to reach home before Maghrib. The scenery over there was nice and what me & Dyna enjoyed most was the beautiful ceramic arts.
Later at night we walked to Suleyman Mosque since we were eyeing on it while walking at Eminonu. Unfortunately, it was snowing that night so we couldn't get a good shot.
Suleyman Mosque during Isya' prayer
Well, since it is just a 10minute walk from our place, so we thought that we shall come again tomorrow and just headed for dinner then. Truth is, there's still a lot to go on Dyna's "must-eat-in-Istanbul" list.
Mine & Dyna's. We both fell for Burghul
Mail made a vow that while in Turkey he must whack mutton everyday!
From Istanbul, with LOVE.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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Istanbul Day 4 - Sultan Suleyman's Mosque, Basilica Cistern & Forum Istanbul
Its 239am now,so even I have so much in my mind to write, but my fingers & brain are just not working in parallel.
So let the pictures tell the tale, shall we?
University of Istanbul
On our 4th day in Istanbul, the first thing we did in the morning was to revisit Sultan Suleyman's Mosque, as we didn't mange to get a nice picture of it the night earlier (read : Istanbul Day3). Still it was snowing "cats & dogs" but in the mornings, I tell you, it wall totally a different picture. So serene, I never appreciated snow that much in my life. Not since I met with the snow in Russia.
Outside of Sultan Suleyman Mosque
Inside of Sultan Suleyman's Mosque
After that, we thought of walking our way to Basilica Cistern even though we actually have no idea where the roads ahead are leading us to. 100% following our instinct (yes, that much of confidence we have). Of course, we never reached the Cistern. Instead we went to the wrong place which turned out to be an area of local shops & markets that rarely tourists go to. What else you can get there besides bargains which are sold with marked down price (as meant for locals)? *yippie yai yay*
She actually bought 2 pair of those
Dyna straight away bought 2 pair of boots that she was eyeing on since Day 1 we arrived and I bought all the pashminas in the world. Well, obvious not all, sorry for the exaggeration! You can never see any happier tourists than both of us that day!
Too much time spent at the shops and too many plastic bags to carry around, we decided to post-pone our visit to Basilica Cistern to after lunch.
Basilica Cistern
Medusa
For dinner, we decided to explore more of Istanbul so we googl-ed for the largest shopping complex there - Forum Istanbul. It was pretty huge but the part that is undeniably huge is the food court over there. Countless restaurants, take-aways from one end to another. To no surprise we ended up spending most of the time at the food court eating one thing after another. Shopped for a while as we all were a bit 'pokai' already for the day.
Gorky Games 2012 (9th MIGA)
Came back from Nizhny with thousands of wonderful memories.
Of course, victory was the icing sugar topping added on to it.
Worth every sweat!
The best Malaysian Intervarsity Games (MIGA) I've been to so far.
From the training sessions, to our pre-games party, to the 18 hour journey by bus and of course, the match itself, I enjoyed it all to the core. I even miss it already!
Just like how I wanted my last MIGA to be.
Baksetball (M) & F)
Thank you beloved team mates of basketball & handball. It has been a wonderful 6 years!
Istanbul - Day 3 (Miniaturk, Kora Church, Suleyman Mosque)
Day 3 in Istanbul
Miniaturk, is as how it sounds to be - a mini version of Turkey where they display miniatures of famous buildings and architecures spread all over Turkey. I find this place very informative, a good tourist spot and I highly recommend it to be one of the places you must go if your destination is Istanbul.
The place was extremely huge we spent a good 4 hours over there ( probably more of it wasn't for the cold wind).
Info-friendly
Another place to go in my list for next time!
Miniature of Sultanahmet Mosque
How they pay attention to even small details like this (a closed-up picture of the Blue Mosque's courtyard)
Later we returned to Eminonu for lunch. Thanks to Dyna a.k.a our best travel planner, she had a long list of "must-eat-in-Istanbul".
I loved to bits the fish sandwich over there, as I'm always a seafood lover. Over here in Russia we don't get fresh seafood. So, for me definitely one sandwich is NOT enough. I had to come back for more.
Fresh from the boat!
After lunch we left for Kora Church or Kariye Muzesi. Got lost at first before reaching there. Us and another American couple were basically encircling the wrong building and took us about 15 minutes to realize that we were at the total opposite side of where we we're heading to.
Didn't enter the museum because I'm not much of a museum person. Besides we haven't prayed yet, so we need to reach home before Maghrib. The scenery over there was nice and what me & Dyna enjoyed most was the beautiful ceramic arts.
Didn't enter the museum because I'm not much of a museum person. Besides we haven't prayed yet, so we need to reach home before Maghrib. The scenery over there was nice and what me & Dyna enjoyed most was the beautiful ceramic arts.
Later at night we walked to Suleyman Mosque since we were eyeing on it while walking at Eminonu. Unfortunately, it was snowing that night so we couldn't get a good shot.
Suleyman Mosque during Isya' prayer
Well, since it is just a 10minute walk from our place, so we thought that we shall come again tomorrow and just headed for dinner then. Truth is, there's still a lot to go on Dyna's "must-eat-in-Istanbul" list.
Mine & Dyna's. We both fell for Burghul
Mail made a vow that while in Turkey he must whack mutton everyday!
From Istanbul, with LOVE.
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