Within the walls of Sultan Ahmed, the structure in the centre is the Ablution Fountain, for cleansing of the body, if I am not mistaken

Inside the Blue Mosque, awesome atmosphere.. Exudes a holy charm and reverence

The ceilings are made out of dome-shaped concaves, very good architecture

St Sophia's Church Museum

Inside St Sophia's. They are still doing some renovation works there as you can see. The walls and floors are layered with marble

View from Galata Tower (bai's cam), where we had lunch while enjoying the panaromic view of Turkey

Another view from Yimeng's cam. Very different right? The clouds change alot here, and they have very nice clouds, so do look out for them in other pictures

The gates of Dolmapache Palace- once the seat of the Ottoman Empire. Its elegance is definitely not fully captured in these gates but too bad, no photography within the palace. But Yimeng said the grandeur can hold a candle to the Versailles in Paris.. Er well in case you are thinking the same, I haven't been there either. Point to note: See the Kids beside Yimeng in the pic, there are MANY of them and they all waved and shouted greetings at us when they saw us.. Really an outgoing lot.. They were going "What's your name? Where you from?"

Outside the palace

We dined at one of the restaurants in this place.. According to the tour guide, it's known for seafood

Bet you are asking me why this picture is taken.. Well because this bunch of bananas cost $2.60 Lira and there are like only four.. just right for each of us..

House of the Virgin Mary

Zhehan drinking Holy Water

Group photo there

Ephesus

A headless statue and er, me who hasn't lost my head, metaphorically, until later...

Leon and Zhehan trying out the ancient means of public sanitation, with their pants on though

As you can see it's raining

Shophouses (I think, could be the bath too)

Library of Celsius

Our Tour Guide, Kadri, a friendly guy who likes to start the day with "Its another beautiful morning". His practice of smoking at least 5 sticks of cigarettes (not counting those we never see) shall not be missed though. He worked in a casino as dealer before becoming a guide.. whoa..

The Grand Theatre. 24000 capacity (hope I didn't miss a zero) Sting came to perform two years ago so it's still in use!

Nice toilet

Aphrodisiac.. Zhehan spotted this in a shop selling local products. Don't ask me why he could see this among the sea of goods there. Let's just say he has an eye for detail.. Haha. But it's really funny. The shopkeeper was like saying the guy there is his great grandfather (?!) and was affirming its effectiveness. Guess whose hand that is..

In our hotel at Kusadasi (forgot the name guys pls update me if you know)

Well we have to get artistic sometime right?

Night view from the balconies of our room. Gd night for now..

Preview

That's all for now. Next episode, we will look at the beautiful landscape of Pamukkale and you might even see some people clad in bath robes for Turkish bath. Also, take a peek into the underground city in Cappadocia and the art of carpet weaving. (someone made a decision here that saved the entire tour of embarrassment) And which animal is seen in every part of Turkey?

And REALLY interesting, exclusive pictures of the gang will be unfolded. (Maybe even a vid lol the rest will kill me) So stay tuned.

Before we end here, let's listen to...

Yimeng语录 (must imagine him saying that or it won't be funny.. imagination and picture not included sorry)

“电视是没有灵魂的。”

“没有爱情我不会快乐。”

“这世上有些东西是不能用钱买到的。”

More quotes from the three others, all in the next entry.