Friday, November 29, 2013

On reaching the Otogar


Friday, November 22, 2013

Istanbul Metro



Getting up one morning and deciding to go to Ankara.  Because of major ongoing railroad work on Istanbul-Ankara segment there were no trains between those cities.  We took metro to reach the Otogar.

Monday, November 11, 2013

Friday, November 8, 2013

Occupy Taksim Square


I was curious to find out what those Taksim Square protests were like.

Monday, November 4, 2013

Ramzan in Istanbul



From our hotel room balcony, I would see these men gather every evening in the backyard of a restaurant.  Waiters would start putting food on their tables; these men would wait and then start eating at the end of their roza (the iftar time).  Was it all just cultural and none of them was really fasting?