tengah pulun nak siapkan
photobook turkey ni
voucher dah nak expired
Aigooo aigooo
sambil tu, ai sempat hapdet sket ..
so, at 10pm, we board the bus back to Istanbul
nek bus jer tido
sedo sedo, bus tgh parking ..
eh, bukan parking
tengah q!
The bus kena naek ferry!!
well... not expecting that.
it was around 5.10am > Topcular Ferry dock
lebih kurang cam ferry kat Penang tu.
cross the laut for about 30 minits jer.
in one hours time sampai lah kat Buyuk otogar again.
ekcelinye my original plan was to turun kat Harem Otogar at the Asian side
sebaaab ..
i ade bacer kat satu website ni, katernye
all busses akan stop kat Harem Otogar then proceed to Buyuk Otogar.
so, kalu turun kat Harem,
then nek bot to Eminonu,
then nek tram back to Evsen to amek our bags
then terus checkin kat the next hotel ...
Tapi ... haram!! Hampeh!
x stop pun.
teruih la ke Buyuk Otogar tu.
Then we took a cab to Aya sofia.
the cab ride .... was scary!!
memula tanya kat cab driver tu ... 'speak english?'
first cabbie ... 'No'
second cabbie also 'No'
third cabbie ... 'yes!'
dengan hati yg lega ... nekla cab tu ...
jalan jer keta .. terus cakap bahase dia ...
ntah ape dia dok cakap .. x taw
scary ride! dok doa sampai la ngan selamatnye...
cut long stori short ... we arrived Aya Sofia safely
after paying amount yg x sepatutnye!!
so, misi mencari our next hotel ...
review dalam forum, this hotel was nice
BUT, the forummer x mention thaaat
nak menyampaikan the hotel wasss @#$%!?
..... somput den
turun bukit ... nek bukit.... mengah den!!!!
Alhamdulillah, dapat checkin terus
breakfast dulu ...
then, masuk bilik ... baring, mandi & tido jap!!
selesai semuanyer ...
we head to Dolmabache Palace, via tram
Entrance Fee > TL30/pax
Yag ni x include the 'Harem' part
All the pics below are from makcik google.
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Dolmabahçe Palace, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1922. Dolmabahçe Palace was ordered by the Empire's 31st Sultan, Sultan Abdul Mecid I, and built between the years 1843 and 1856. The construction cost five million Ottoman mecidiye gold coins, 35 tonnes of gold, the equivalent of ca. $1.5 billion in today's (2013) values. The huge expenses placed an enormous burden on the state purse and contributed to the deteriorating financial situation of the Ottoman Empire which eventually slided into state of bankcruptcy.
Dolmabahçe Palace was home to six Sultans from 1856, up until the abolition of the Caliphate in 1924. The last royal to live here was Caliph Abdulmecid Efendi. A law that went into effect on March 3, 1924 transferred the ownership of the palace to the national heritage of the new Turkish Republic.. Mustaafa Kemal Atarturk, the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey, used the palace as a presidential residence during the summers and enacted some of his most important works here. Atatürk spent the last days of his medical treatment in this palace, where he died on November 10, 1938.
The world's largest Bohemian crystal chandelier is in the Ceremonial Hall. The chandelier, a gift from Queen Victoria, has 750 lamps and weighs 4.5 tonnes. Dolmabahçe has the largest collection of Bohemian and Baccarat crystal chandeliers in the world.
From the above, rumusannya
pembaziran tahap gaban!!!
Tapi, istana tu was veri veeri impressive ...
The walls of the palace tu, dibuat dgn batu
but, believe or not, lantai is from kayu!!
so, bila dok jalan tu duk bunyi krreeeek kreeek ...
macam umah m.i.l kat tingkat atas tu aje.
the tour was only +-1 jam jer.
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| memula nak masuk, u'll see this huge menara jam. ingatkan x ramai orang, dah masuk, jalan depan sket baru nampak q nye. while mr paPa q for tikets, this wat i did... |
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| the main entrance |
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| second gate, tu istana dia |
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| nak masuk, kena pakai sarung plastik. nak masuk istana ni pun kena q lagi. aderla setengah jam tunggu. pastu, masuk in small groups. x la small sangat, 30 orng ader kut. |
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| looove the blue skies, nampak macam panas terik kan. tapi, sejuk! |
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| mtengok pating singa tu, selalu kalu patung singa dudu smabil mulut ternganga. Tpi, yg ni .. singa tgh nak blasah ... buaya! Ganas kan |
singgah kat Dolmabache Camii jap
kecik jer mesejid ni
Tpi, deco kat dalam tu,
rase cam x kena jer
kononnya ikut Barroque style from France ke mana ntah.
then, we walked back to the tram station
ok, stop cni duluu .... (◕‿◕)
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