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ISTANBUL... HERE I COME!!! : PART 6 : BOSPHORUS CRUISE

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ISTANBUL... HERE I COME!!! : PART 6 : BOSPHORUS CRUISE Day 4. So today will be free and easy Istanbul. First, we are going to cruise Bosphorus strait. Bosphorus strait, the strategic waterway, connecting Marmara Sea to the Black sea. It also divides The Asiatic Istanbul and Europe Istanbul. Bosphorus is a very busy waterway and you can see everyday many ships and oil tankers going through it. Unluckily it was a gloomy day, with a bit of rain. We didn't see that many ships la plak that day. Bosphorus is a very busy waterway with many ships and oil tankers going through it, as well as local fishing and ferries go to the Asian side back and forth. Around 48.000 ships pass through this strait annually, three times denser than the Suez Canal traffic and four times denser than the Panama Canal - See more at: http://www.greatistanbul.com/bosphorus.html#sthash.a6V3VZ0p.dpuf Bosphorus is a very busy waterway with many ships and oil tankers going through it, as well as loca

ISTANBUL! HERE I COME.... PART 5 : ULUDAG

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ISTANBUL! HERE I COME.... PART 5 : ULUDAG Kan dah ter stuckkk... dah mai angin bz tokleh wat apa lahhhh.. Since this will be a sweet memory for us, esp. my kids for their future reading, can laaa gagahkan diri jugakkk... From Bursa city, we went to Uludag to get a ride on Teleferik (cable car). Ulu Dag is famous for it's ski resort and national park. So katanya nak tengok salji kt atas tu. Oh apakehhh... it was a rainy day, so literally Bursa was even colder than Constantinople, err... bak kata sorang scholar, he always refers Istanbul to Constantine as it was originally stated by the prophet. He refused to use Istanbul, as it was given by Ataturk. So here we are.. at the cable car station. A bunch of excited people, maybe sleepy head too sbb baru lepas had a heavy late lunch. Akak tak la expect nak main ski pun, as I was concentrate more on the heights those teleferik would take us up. Maklum le kt Langkawi pun rasa tobat lahom nak naik dah kan.. but I guess sometimes it