It's been 5 long years since we last visited one of our favourite cities on the planet.
After a .minor mishap on the plane where a latecoming lady decided to squeeze a huge bag into an already full overhead,i looked up momentarily to see what the #@$% she was up to,....just as Cheryl's didlodged metal walking cane came hurtling down,taking out my spectacle lens and chipping it in the process.
Fortunately the chipped lens landed in Cheryl's hand somehow and we managed to relocate it back in the frame.Apart from that it was a great flight on Qatar air,lasting just 15 hours.
On arrival we caught a taxi (400tl) which went pretty smoothly till the outskirts of the city, where the driver stopped suddenly with a flat, smack in the middle of the freeway.Tried to assist him with the tyre change but he had totally inadequate tools.
So he flagged down another passing taxi and after a bit of negotiation we landed up paying taxi 1 250tl and taxi 2 the balance of 150tl and off we went in taxi no.2
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aNo problem, and we arrived at our hotel,safe and sound, at around 2:30.
A great little place just 200m from the bosphoros at the amazing price of just R750/night b&b.
Had an awesome meal last night,just off the main drag, at a cost of R150.
Oh the exchange rate here is almost exactly R1=1tl so even Cheryl can work this one out (i think?)
No Cheryls been great,.....tried her knee out for the 1st time yesterday,and today she was almost back to her old "superfit" self.
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