We were woken up at 5am to the ear-splitting noise of another Arabic call. This time several mosques sang almost in harmony completing a somewhat different take on a barbershop quartet. Impressive as it was, it was 5am, it was annoying, and it was no JLS.
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| Inside the Blue Mosque, Istanbul |
Yas then gave us a tour of Istanbul for the day stopping at the Blue
Mosque, Grand Bazaar and Eqyptian Spice Bazaar. A traditional chicken kebab at
lunch followed by a Turkish coffee in a side alley café completed our first day
of actual sightseeing on the rally after 2,480 miles of non-stop driving.
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| Outside the Blue Mosque, Istanbul |
Returning across the sea by ferry we stocked up ready for a BBQ before a second night staying in Murat’s (Yas’s father) garden.
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| The Bosphorus at night |
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