The Chronometer: 4th Day In Istanbul 21 Dec 2006

pagi2 da kuar plan nak g Dolmabahce Palace but at last.... it was CLOSED!!! huhuh... malang sungguh but i believe pasti ade hikmahnye dan memang btol cause we went to Topkapi Palace after that n mmg need lots of time to see stuff in there!!

berlegar2 sebelum tiba di Dolmabahce Palace yg tutup huhuh... see the bridge behind me... d bridge connecting asea n europe..

ye saya tau saya mmg matang hahah

thats the gate to the Dolmabahce Palace

we take Metro to Taksim.. 1st time naik metro in istanbul.. this is d newest one la between Taksim to Kabatas.. the other older ones look like tube in londn la..

Tibe d Taksim, Fadh go to buy her ticket, kiko,danial n munzir went to finf info about our tickets tomorrow to Sabiha airport... n me,roz n madot went to mc d to grab sum icecream hahah....nyumnyum!! 11.30 off to Taksim Metro balik take metro to kabatas again then trem to Islamabad... pray zohor n asar at Blue Mosque..we notice the azan is like Mekah azan... tau x yg azan sahut menyahut tu tp nih antara 2 masjid yg berlainan dan berdekatan la... hmm mearik... abes solat.. bertolak (berjalan) ke Topkapi Palace.. admission fee 10 lira... berbaloi sangat sangat!!! n ramai sgtttt rombongan dak2 skolah kat cnih huhuh.... n yg paling comelnye kalo brtembung ngan kitorg msti diorg sapa.. hello la hi laa.. even yg plig klakar ade yg sebut 'Konichiwa' hahah.. ape muke kami ade muke jepun ke?? heheh.... ade siap ngan tangan ala2 india lagik hehe... cute gle diorg!!

d main gate into d Topkapi Palace... sum parts are in construction huhh...

pokok aneh di kawasan taman at Topkapi Palace... ala2 batu belah batu tertangkop > pokok version heh

d 1st room we went to see... thats the guest room... even the guest room is VERY impressiv!! apekan pula bilik raja2nye huhuh... kalo dapat jadi guest pon da cukup gembira n mewah da rasenye... the bed only is like my room size!! waaa weee!!!

i think thats d library.. thers 300 rooms in total here!! kagum kan?? mmg luas gle tmpt nih n we didnt got d chance to pusing abes.. so advice for people wanna come ere.. make sure u peruntukan lots of time to spend here tau!! but theres different admission fees for sum different parts contohnye Harem (i don wat it is mbe the sultan room kot)

This is the most-to-see room!! barang2 Nabi Muhammad s.a.w tersimpan dlm nih!! byk sangat tau!! ade bekas yg tersimpan janggut n gigi Rasulullah.. but they are not opened.. i really wanna see it!! then pedang Rasulullah,... ade surat yg ditulis oleh Rasulullah pada raja mane ntah... so u can barely see la his handwriting.. impressive kan??? n lots more to see.. mmg rasa sayu gak masa berada dlm bilik tuh... n also there are the 4 khalifah's sword in there... n ade rooms yg menyimpan the treasures from zaman raja2 dulu2....CANTIK sangat!!!! sume jenis batu boleh tgk kat cni... dgn ukiran2 yg sangatttt halus!! biasela prmpuan kan suke tgk bnde cantik2 heheh... mmg berpinar2 mata tau... huhuh...

one of the 300 rooms

an area that facing the sea... very cold here!! n very nice view...

tmpat raja berbuka puase n melihat bulan d malam2 hari.. hehe romantik gitu.. ngeee

bilik bersunat.. hehe....bersunat pon mewah gle huhuh

yeahhhhh Turkish kids

!! kawaiiiiiii!!! konichiwa!!!! hahah..

everyone's hungry after walking in Topkapi Palace.. so next stop kebab restaurants in d middle of the Islamabad town... huh mmg kene cekik betol kitorang mase nih!! yelaa.. tgk menu kebab with rice is 6liras.. ok la sb sume da lapar.. but then he gave us salads as well yg bernilai lebih 2 lira... i thought the salads are included in d kebab price... so makan dgn senang lenangnye... so last2 kene bayar 9.50sorang.. gle!! tipu tau!! org x mntak pon salad tuh... ooo exclude halim la.. he payed MORE because the teas are on him heheh... halim blanje tea!!! tengkiu YB!! heheh.. d place is quite funny la.. it's very small macam tmpat main masak2 n d toilet sangat la pelik.. main letak dlm cupboard je ceyhhh...

thats wat we eat for 9.50liras uhuh.. after payed d 9.50liras we went to the nearest travel agent to get a deal for a turkish cultural nite .. we got quite reasonable price la 40liras for dinner n cultural nite... oooo ade kucing yg sangat comel!! mule2 takot tp last da ok main2 ngan kucing tuh!! best2!! rinduuu sgt nak main kucig hheheh/... ok off to Grand Bazaar at 5pm n arrived like 5.30pm so only got about an hour for shoping!! huh x logic sngguh!! huhuh....sbb 6.30 have to get ready to go to d cultural nite...

thats how it looks like at the bazaar..gurls n boys berpecah..1st stop is tudung n shirt... i got an istanbul shirt for 10liras, small sisha for 8lira, green kashmira 8lira,some fridge magnets all together for 7 liras n blue eye earing for 10 liras.. mmg rase xpuas shoping 1hr.. but x nyesal sgt bcause at d we r leaving, many shops start to close already... balik hotel.... cuci2 muke rehat2 jap.. then the gurls got idea to wear our new pashmina that nite!!! hahah... da la i NEVER experienced wearing those kind of 'lilit2' tudung o my head tau.... take about 45 minutes to get ready.. n i ends up look like USTAZAH!! hahah.... mine is the most labuh cause i cant lilit too much rase geli2 kat tengkok hahah masalah betol so lilit cket je then biar je terjuntai2 yg slbihnye tuh ngahahaha.. mmg klakar n huduh gle!!... paling nampak berpngalaman madot n fadh.. terok gak aku n roz kene paksa nagn fadh suroh pakai gak hahah kelakar...

so here we are with our new pashminas!!! smpat bergaya.. perasan x munzir kat luar da panggil2 kitorg ven da sampai hahah..

close up... menggedik gle!! hahah!!

so this is the place GAR (dinner n turkish show) .... the tarians diselangselikan dgn belly dancing.. heheh mmg power gler!! especially the second dancer.. fuhhhh mantap!! body masing2 x tahan huhuhuh.... ok matlamat baru hahah.. suda laa.. the last show was a man singging many songs in many languages!! even malay songs but old songs laa.. we lepaking here until 11.30pm