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Friday, April 28, 2006

Istanbul Trip - Day 5


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Click HERE to read DAY 2 entry
Click HERE to read DAY 3 entry
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Day 5: 15th April, 2006

"After breakfast, we visit ' Miniaturk ' which is an open air park which has the small replicas of ' Ancient Wonders of Turkey' and it is a botanical park and great pleasure for children and also grown ups. After that, we go to 'Pierre Loti' Hill for a coffee break. We visit the timeless Beyoglu with its mystic narrow streets. After  lunch in historical Flower Passage, we pass the oldest and the shortest metro of Europe. We disembark at by the Galata Tower, built in the 13th century, is one of the best views of the city. Return to the hotel at late afternoon."

Ok so, well, today, again, ade some stuffs yang dimentionkan dalam itinerary nih kiteorang ubah again. Hiks! But first, bangunČ pagi, tgk luar tingkap, haiyoh! CANTIK sundallll! What a beautiful morning katanya di kota Istanbul, Turkey!!! :)

Lepas dah siapČ, turun lobby, pi coffee house, melantak breakfast dulu - itu penting yer! Hiks! (mati lah SARAPAN BERKHASIAT KATANYA!)

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My so called healthy breakfast - mati la melantak!

And then as usual, Ibrahim and the driver, Hassan, picked me up utk ke Conrad and jemput Dato' and his family. Cuma today, kiteorang started lambat siket. They picked me up at 9.45am and by the time kasik sampei ke Conrad, just nice 10am. Hari nih relax siket sebab tu leh start lewat siket program (yooo lah! Tak der lah semput sangat mek kan? Hiks!)

Selepas picking up my clients, kiteorang proceed melalui highway, terus menuju ke kawasan perkampungan Turkey, melalui all this jalanČ curam, up to this hill called Pierre Lotti. Menurut Ibrahim, this guy Pierre Lotti (asalnye nama lain rasenye...), was a French writer rasenye, who came to Istanbul, panjat hill tu, and fell in love with the hill and terus menetap kat sitiew and died sitiew bagai semua sebab tu hill tu dinamakan Pierre Lotti Hill. The view, was absolutely stunning! View apo? The GOLDEN HORN. The Golden Horn nih macam, erm, pengkalan laut la dulu dulu kala for perdagangan bagai semua. And selain dari pemandangan yang endah itiew, can see, the hill sebenarnye dipenuhi dengan kubur. YES u ols, ia telah ditukarkan jadik tanah perkuburan. Tapi tak der lah spooky bagai - cantiks u ols. The kuburČ all were like nicely managed and maintained dicover dengan kehijauan alam. Cantik sangat.

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View of the Golden Horn

After duduk rest and had our morning dose of Turkish Coffee (yer, this time Datin ikut mek, dia minum Turkish Apple Tea), kiteorang proceed ke Miniaturk (Miniature Turkey rasenye) where it's actually like, erm, the Mini Jakarta and the one in Holland tu. Miniaturk was like a place where they place all these mini replicas of ancient buildings and etc. And plus, they called it a Botanical Garden sebab ape? AIYOH! BungaČ Tulip nye, MENANGIS AKU NENGOK! And the place was like huge and packed with kids and adults yang melawatnye. Lama jugak kat sitiew, twas like, what, 1 1/2 hours? Ke lebih? Tah - mek tak tgk jam pun.

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Menikmati our morning dose of Turkish Coffee and Tea

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Ahhh - my cup of Turkish Apple Tea

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Overall view of Miniaturk

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Ape ke bende tah nih ala ala stadium Rome tu?

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Cantik kan!??!

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Suleymans' Moqsue

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NANGIS DAK Zack@Zali nengok bebunga ni? Hiks! Mau tanam kat umah kah?

Lepas habis kat Miniaturk tu, kiteorg cancelled the trip to Beyoglu and Galata Tower visit (sah sah dinner malam kedua dah kat Galata Tower - nak pi haponye lagik kan). Kiteorang terus ke Taksim (dekat ngan hotel mek dah tu) utk half day there lepas lunch. Lunch was at Taksim main street tu itself. Taksim nih macam, erm, city centre la jugak. Ade modern partnye, ade the old and traditional partnye also. The road was basically like Regent's Street in London, except Regent's Stree lebih lebar and got jalanraya la kan. Taksim Old Road nih hanye ado tramp tracks and pedestrian walk. Tapi kereta ade gak la lalu lalang as areaČ tu actually banyak kediamanČ kedutaaan negara tu ini. Hehehe...

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Sebelum kiteorang nak jalanČ tu, kiteorang singgah for lunch at this great Ottoman restaurant. Interiornye again, amazed me! MELERTS sangat! Very rich! Deconye banyak jejeruks. Meriah! Even TOILET dia, vavavoom tau!

The meal was supperb! SANGAT supperb sampai ke desert. Tak caye? TGK LA SENDIRI PICSČ nih!!! :)

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Entrance to the great Ottoman stylo restaurant

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Cantik kan deco nye?

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Dessertnye katanya!!!!

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Concept open view kitchen nih famous gak kat sana ek?

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Main course anak Dato' tu...

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Mek nye main course!!!

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Mek nye dessert! MATI LA BENTAT!

After lunchies, kiteorang jalanČ kat area Taksim Old Road tu for like 1 hour. Sempat mek ngan Datin shopping siket. Tetiber dahhhh mek jadik fashion consultant untuk Datin belik this great baby pink corset top! CANTIK sangat! Mek nak gak la beli tapi memandangkan it was like USD48 (roughly RM192), mek letak balik la. Melampau sangat tu! Dah la baru lepas kena rompak, ade hati nak shop peghabih duit? Tak der keje la aku. Heheh. Tak pa... Datin, nanti u dah tannak pakai corset top tu, bok mai kat mek nah!? KEKEKEKE... (Mati la mek PA dia tgh dok baca entry nih! Mati la mek kena AWAS lagi!)

Selepas pada tu, mek berpecah dengan Ibrahim and Dato's family. Mek cakap mek nak balik hotel terus. Memang mek penat tetiber tak tau kenapa. Penat sentap tak dapat belik corset tu kot? LOL! Anyways, hotel mek, walking distance sajork. So mrasalah mek jalan sajork balik and told Dato', I'll see him and his family malam karang when Ibrahim amik mek to pick them up to go for dinner. So mek pong cut the tour, lari balik ke hotel (LARI NIH! Gigih!) and terus masuk bilik dan zzzzzzzzzzz...

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Siap ade FRU nih awat tatau? (FRU la kan org panggei depa ni? KAN LEEZ?)

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Owhhh - ado mogok katanya. Ibrahim kata, mogok kat jalan nih, TANG TANG MALAM DOK ADO!

SedarČ, just in time for dinner. Dinner malam nih pulak, dekat this one place called apa tatau. Tapi, this place dekat dengan alaČ market basah depa by the sea side and the whole area hosts more than 40 restaurants serving FISH. Bayangkan lah!

SO masuk lah dalam satu restaurant nih - mek tak tasty sangat concept deconye tapi on top of each table, ade fresh tulips and roses as hiasan. VERY DER cantiques. And what made me duduk diam diam kat situ, meja sebelah mek, ade 4 gibek tgh dining. Mek rase coupleČ tu. Tapi memandang mek tak hengat nih ataih bawah. Eh? Dah lari tema. Ok - back to dinner. Dinner was FISH, AGAIN - tapi kali nih, mek tak makan banyak sangat. Mek telan roti ngan baked beans (AGAIN) and dessert sajork. Main corse nye, FISH, tak habis pon mek makan. BANYAK SANGAT tulang. Tatau lah fish apa tatau. The appertizer (SALAD - again!) and the sotong goreng tepung was nice. Overall, mek give B sajork rating utk restaurant nih. Tapi mek rase clients mek had NO COMPLAINTS tauu... hiks! Depa maaaaaaaaaakan jer keje. Bagus sungguh.

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Mek dinch suka!!!!

After that, kiteorang proceed jalanČ kat area tu before balik ke hotel, and wished goodbye to Ibrahim yang had to leave us malam tu jugak sebab esok tu dia ade another group to attend. SO since esok tu was like our last day and FREE AT OWN LEISURE until check out and pick up time, so Ibrahim said better dia pi jaga group satu lagi tu pulak. Ok jer. At least Hassan ado lagi. So lepas berpeluk salam bagai dengan Dato', Ibrahim bawak mek balik ke hotel mek. Pastu berpeluk salam bagai dengan dia pulak, before I wished him goodnight and goodbye...

 






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