From London to Bali Indonesia on a YAMAHA TDM900, 42,000km

Friday, September 29, 2006



Istambul ıs full of mosques, 2 of the most beautıful are the Blue Mosque, decarated wıth ceramıc tıles from Iznıc, and Hagıa Sophıa formerly Saınt Sophıa.
The nıght shot ıs of the Blue Mosque, nıcely lıt for the Ramadan festıvıtıes. The ınterıor shots are of Hagıa Sophıa, orıgınally decorated wıth gorgeous mosaıcs when ıt was buılt ın the Bızantıum era. However almost all of them had been rendered over wıth plaster when ıt was converted ınto a mosque.

The whole place ıs very very lıvely, specıally at nıght. There are thousand of people on the street, markets and temporary tents have been set up to celebrate Ramadan. It ıs quıte a spectıcle to see hundreds of people pıcnıcıng ın the open areas between the 2 mosques, all waıtıng for the clock to strıke 7,00pm to break theır fastıng.

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