MY TURKEY EXCURSION DAY ONE

One place that I had dreamt to go is Cappadocia, Turkey where I wanted to spend a night in a cave hotel. Yea...a dream comes true! I had spent a night in DEDELI KONAK, Cappadocia. It was awesome as the room is cold at night! There was no air-conditioned in the room and the air there is mountain fresh. Our dining hall is on the roof top where we can see the scenic view of Cappadokia town and villages surrounding the motel. I had two memorable tour of Cappadokia with the first one started on the day we arrived at Cappadokya and the second one was on the day we were headed to another destination that is Pamukkale.

3 rd June 2009

I took a seven-day tour of Jasminne Tour Agency of Istanbul for around RM1880 more or less. We had a visit of four places; Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Kusadasi. The first day at Istanbul I agreed to join a daily tour that is Bhosporous Tour for 30 Euro per person. It was conducted by Plan Tour. We went for a boat excursion for a half day trip. It was wonderful and earlier on we had a sight seeing of the city. My sister, Norsiah and I went around the city on foot and met two locals and we took a snap with them. We needed local currency, so we went to a money changer outlet at Sultanahmet. We overnight at Hotel Erboy at Sultanahmet and the staff at first seemed unfriendly, except for the chief clerk named Sinan. After the boat excursion, we went to a nearby cyber cafe near the hotel to check emails and to send news home. The owner or may be a man on duty in the cafe, offered me an apple tea. After I had done with the internet, the man asked me to join him for a cup of coffee. I said, I had to go back to the hotel as I was about to be dark. To my surprised, it was 7.00 p.m. but it was still very bright outside! Wow....I forgot I was in Istanbul.