Merhaba Türkiye

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious and The Most Merciful.

Salam readers :)

Istanbul day 1:

Sooooo we continue our journey from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul for another 6 hours and arrived at 3.30pm local time.

Thank you for the hospitality and smooth flight, Etihad. See you again next week!

Turkey is 6 hours behind Malaysia. Snow was gone during the evening with a temperature of 0˚c but there's still traces of snow on the roof and roadside. It took us about half an hour for our luggage and another half an hour looking for Mr Erhan, Uncle Rahmat's personal driver. We can't contact him since there's no wifi at the airport and we only have a photo of him. But Alhamdulillah, he finally found us!

Our bus to airport the terminal

The immigration counter 

The arrival hall

Waiting for our luggage

Honestly, we don't actually need this much stuff. Sigh

Mr. Erhan is such a friendly, middle aged man with a polite gesture. He's very down to earth and blends well easily. It was hard to talk to him at times because he can't speak English fluently but we're grateful he could understand some simple english. Nak bukak google translate pun takleh sebab takde internet. Nak beli local sim card mahal beb. TL50 ke TL80. Takde maknanya mak nak baziq duit nak oii. 

Uncle Rahmat lives in a beautiful Baylav apartment in Ulus which is stuated in the European continent. He is Papa's cousin on nenek's side. I hardy see him in Kuching. Anyway, I'm so in love with the interior of his house.

This living room area is facing the Bosphorus and Asian Continent. I swear i can sit here all day long watching the breathtaking scenery.

View from the balcony. The after snow effect. Serenity! Can you see the Bosphorus? Rows of building on the other side is the Asian Continent.

Night comes early in winter. By 5.30pm the sky turned dark.

Bosphorus at night. Photo can't do justice. It really is mesmerizing. I'm falling in love over and over again!

Since we're not going anywhere the first day in Istanbul, i decided to borrow travel books from Uncle Rahmat. Tapi haprak satu apa pun tak baca :p Acah-acah traveller tegar la nak baca buku bagai kannn. Mimpi. First day in Istanbul kita tidur awal sebab takleh cope dengan time kat Turkey. Mata masih jam Malaysia weh so pukul 7.30 dah mamai dah sebab Malaysia dah kul 1.30am. So lepas mandi semua, tak dinner trus naik katil tido. Zzzz..