Friday, 18 April 2014

Once upon a time in ... Turkey

Since tengah cuti lagi ni ...
i'll write on the daily xtvt when we were in Turkey ...


06/04/2014, Sunday
12.30am - Checkin at KLIA
02.30am - Boarding
03.30am - Flight take-off
07.30am - Flying above Benglaore, India
06.15am - Arrive Doha (Doha time)
07.50am - Boarding
09.30am - Take-off … Lama tunggu passenger yg x sampai2 lagi …
01.30pm - Arrive Istanbul, 19C
03.30pm - Checkin hotel, then tidoq!!!
05.45pm - Out jalan jalan  area Blue Mosque / Hippodrome.
Gi tuko $$.  Bought kebabs for dinner.  Balik hotel, sebab sejuk sangat!!  X tahan..

07/04/2014, Monday
09.30am - Topkapi Palace, E/fee TL25/pax. the Q was quite long
12.00pm - Blue Mosque, osem masjid!  Huge!  Solat here, had simit, jus delima & the osem ice-cream!!  Bought Istanbulkad from a lady selling aper ntah.  Had Islak burger .. sedaaap!
04.30pm - Grand Bazaar, walk around.  Keluar entrance mana ntah.
06.00pm - Tram to Spice Bazaar. Smaller than Grand Bazaar.
07.30pm - Head back, sejuuuk!!!

08/04/2014, Tuesday
10.00am - Checkout, leave bags
10.30am - Gulhane Park, beautiful garden.  Osem tulips here.  Giler tengok!!
02.00pm - Aya Sofia,  E/fee TL25/pax. Q was ok. Sangat jaw dropping with the building. Huge! Massive sungguh!! Pictures in the itenet didn’t do justice. U have to be there to see it!  Had Simits & promegranate juice
04.30pm - Basilica Cistern,  E/fee TL10/pax.
06.30pm - back to hotel,  naek shuttle bus to Buyuk Otogar.
08.00pm - Sampai bus station
08.30pm - Bus to Cappadocia

09/04/2014, Wednesday
07.15am - Reached Nevsehir, changed to a smaller van to Goreme
08.00am - Reached Goreme, within 5minits, Ahmet of Arif Cave came and picked us up.          Checkin, freshen up, had breakfast.
09.30am - Green Tour. TL100/pax.  Penat!! Whole day of hiking & walking. But, it was fun.  Met new friends from Tunisia, Georgia, Columbia, Korea, China, and ... mana ntah lagi.
06.30pm - back at the hotel. Too tired to go out for dinner!!  Makan biskut & air jer

10/04/2014, Thursday
05.00am - They came and pick us up. Had breakfast at their office.
06.30am - To the location
07.15am - We r up in the skies …  What a feeling!!!
09.00am - Back at the hotel.  Had breakfast again.
11.30am - Checked out.  Walked to Goreme Open Air Museum …. Twas a verrrrrrry looooooooong walk!!!
01.00pm - Lepak around the small town of Goreme.
07.30pm - Bus to Pamukkale

11/04/2014, Friday
05.40am - they dropped us at the roadside, changed to another small van. Waited for an hour for another bus.
07.30am - Reached Pamukkale office
09.30am - Tour TL60/pax.  Visited Hierapolis, Pamukkale, lunch & Onyx factory.
04.00pm - back at the bus station. Took a van to Denizli
05.00pm - Bus to Selchuk.
08.30pm - Arrive Selchuk, Emre pick us up & checked in

12/04/2014, Saturday
09.30am - Took dolmus (TL5/pax to/fro) to Ephesus. E/fee TL25/pax
12.30pm - Checked out.
01.00pm - Walked to Isabey Camii. Impressive masjid. Different from other masjid.  Walked up to St John Basilica.  E/fee TL8/pax.
03.00pm - walked back to the bus station, drop bag. Jalan keliling, went to the pasar malam like kat belakang bus station.
04.30pm - Took dolmus to Sirince town (TL6/pax to/fro)
06.00pm - Back at the bus station. Took another dolmus to Pamuncak Beach (TL6/pax to/fro). Nothing much here.
07.00pm - Back at the bus station.  Lepak, solat & dinner.
10.00pm - Bus to Istanbul

13/04/2014, Sunday
05.10am - Reached Topcular Feri Terminal. The bus nek feri for +/- 30minits.
07.00am - reached Buyuk Otogar. Took taxi to Hotel, nightmare in the taxi.
07.50am - Checkin the hotel, had breakfast
10.30am - Dolmabache Palace, TL30/pax. Another jaw dropping experience here!!
01.30pm - Had Balik ekmek at Galata Bridge are. Ader pulak bebudak bergaduh kat sini …!
03.00pm - Took taxi to Miniaturk. TL10/pax. Nice place.
05.00pm - Walked to Grand Bazaar … Shopping kat area luar Grand Bazaar.
07.00pm - Dinner and lepak around Sultanahmet area

14/04/2014, Monday
09.30am - Walked to Kucuk Aya Sofia, 15minits walk jer. Cute little masjid.
10.30am – Terjumpa Arasta Bazaar
11.00am -  Galata Bridge, had another round of Balik ekmek
12.30pm - Bosphorus Cruise.
03.00pm - Spice Bazaar … Shopping
06.00pm - Grand Bazaar … Shopping
07.30pm – Dinner, solat & lepak around Sultanahmet area

15/04/2014, Tuesday
09.30am - Checked out
10.00am - Walked to Suleymaniye Camii.  Another very impressive Masjid!
12.00pm - Grand Bazaar … Shopping kat area luar.
01.oopm - Lunch
02.00pm - Solat & lepak around Sultan Ahmet Camii area, last kebab here
03.30pm - Taxi to Atartuk Havalimani, flight delayed!
08.00pm - Flight to Doha
11.45pm – Arrive Doha

16/04/2014, Wednesday
01.15am - Flight to Kuala Lumpur
02.45pm - Arrive KLIA
04.00pm – Home Sweet Home

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i'll get into the details of the trip later, ok  ;p

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