TURKIYE (PART III)

This entry is continuous from the previous one...
Again about Turkey...

 Day 6 - 27th December 2011
As usual, we enjoyed breakfast at the hotel and after the breakfast the tour begin..
First place we went for today is "HOUSE OF VIRGIN MARY". This place located at Mt Koressos.
Turkey people and khatolik people believe that John brought Virgin Mary here to spend her last days here.
Some of people also spread the rumors or maybe that was fact that become history today where one of "father" (paderi) had a dream here about the virgin mary..
Who knows the truth accept Allah..But we Muslim do not believe this kind of things....

Candle

I am in front of  the drinking water pipe represent of Wealth, Fire and Love....total 3 pipes and I'm at the Love one (Aku x minum pon, tgk saje)

Ada satu port yang betul2 menarik perhatian aku kat sini..
Dia mcm wall of wish, kiranya similar mcm kat Korea ada "padlock" tuk love wish.
Kat sini most of the people tulis atas kertas apa yg diaorg wish dlm hidup, mcm doa mereka lah..
Tp sebagai umat Islam, I advice x perlu lah put your doa in this wall...It's nice to see this kind of things..
Rare and x ada di M'sia...

Their wish (People pray in the diff ways)

The Wish Wall

Pas penat memusing dekat House of Virgin Mary kitaorg pergi ke next destination. Visit to "EPHESUS".
Ephesus an ancient Greek city, and later major Roman city, on the west coast of Asia Minor. Dekat Ephesus nie, mostly korang just boleh walk around, hirup udara segar, nikmati pemandangan, ketahui dan pelajari history and the most important thing is camera whore every where....but sekeliling dipenuhi batu2, column2, beam2 and arch....

Rock City

Boleh tak korang imagine mcm mana manusia pada zaman dahulu boleh buat bangunan semegah dan sekukuh ini even that time tak ada pon jentera2 besar dan teknologi canggih seperti hari ini....Fikir2 kan dan selamat beramal

Around 5.30pm we went to Kusadasi to had a night there...
From Pamukkale to Kusadasi took around 2 1/2 hours by bus and 189km..


 Day 7 - 28th December 2011
Kitaorg visit "ACROPOLIS" on the 7 day. Acropolis is located at Pergamum and certainly dramatic, perched a top a high, steep-sided hill at the eastern reaches of the modern city.
Dekat sini gak ada a great temples and a huge and large theater, and it's also visible from anywhere in the city.
Klu korang jerit dari pentas dia, boleh dengar sound of gema. Seem mcm application of acoustic system.


Sama jugak dekat "ALTAR OF ZEUS". Another one kota batu which is diconstructed by Eymenes II sekitar tahun 197-159BC. This place also a memorial of Pergamum's victory masa zaman Galatians pada zaman pemerintahan Attalus I.
(Penah dah citer sejarah batu2 nih...x abes lagi nih, ada lagi kota batu lepas nie, it's so k...sharing ilmu dapat pahala apa kan)
Klu ada info yang x betui tue sorry la kan, aku dapat dari tour guide aku and a few from books n booklet yg aku dapat....hikhik


Hahahahha...
Nie best, sbb ada kuda besaq..
Sapa tahu??? silalah teka...
Ada dulu filem pasal Kuda nie, Tom Cruise berlakon wei....ingat x????

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Sure uolls malas fikir kan...

Okay2, we drive to TROY for our last destination of the day.

A bit about Troy, the entrance to archaeological ancient city of Troy (ancient Ilion) where Greek and Trojan heroes fought the Trojan War for the honor of the beautiful Helen, also known as "the face that launched a thousand ships". 

Tour guide kitaorg ada gak citer pasal kisah kanak2 lelaki yang dibuang ke bukit tue...tp aku dh x bape nak ingat jalan cier Troy nih. Moral of the story, kena tgk balik citer TROY la jawabnyer..
(okay pi cari skang, download...eh jap2, abeskan baca blog aku dulu!!!!)

Aku di dalam kuda kayu terbesar...besar ke?? sangat okay

Day 8 - 29th December 2011
Canakkale - Istanbul (507KM)

What a long journey....
From Canakkale we took a ferry to the city side. About 45minutes in the ferry.
Then a long drive to Istanbul, +- 5hours...
At Istanbul we visit "BLUE MOSQUE". This mosque is the masterwork of Ottoman architecture and the only mosque in the world with siz minarets and famous for its blue tiles..
The design superb fantastic and awesome..serious x tipu, chandelier dia sebesar2 yang boleh...siap leh turun and naikkan..
Nak masuk dalam mosque nie pon after prayer time, ada masa lawatan, then kasut lak kena bukak masukkan dalam plastik....


Beside the Mosque is the location of  magnificent "ST.SOFIA MUSEUM"....
Ayu pernah cerita pasal St.Sofia Museum nie dlm previous entry....so do remembered k..
Kami x berkesempatan nk melawat "Topkapi Palace" disebabkan kekangan masa...sume otak dah aim ke "GRAND BAZAAR"...opppsssss...shopping more important :)


But one more important thing is "BOSPHORUS CRUISE".
We had booked for private basis to board the cruise..opkos x leh membazir..ahakss
Special about cruise nie sbbnyer korang leh tgk Turkey in 2 side - EUROPE and ASIAN..
Pemandangan sepanjang cruise nie sgt2 mengujakan..
Rumah2 di pinggir laluan boat nie indah2 and cantek2 sangat..A few istana raja tersergam indah..
I love the view there, if you had a lot of money pon belom tentu dapat beli tanah kat tepi2 laluan selat tue...
Indah nyer ibarat lukisan didepan mata, and my boss ckp Venice pon x secantek nie...

Posing jap with the boss

View from the Cruise - Europe side

If I'm not mistaken this is one of Palace

This building actually a Palace...There's are few of palace belong to diff king along the sea side 

Palace again

The bridge....kat sepanjang jambatan nie ada orang memancing, even during winter.

Last check point and our last destination for the whole trip is "GRAND BAZAAR"
Bazaar nie tutup pada setiap hari Ahad..and for the info this bazaar is one of oldest and largest indoor bazaar. With over 3,000 shops here. Korang leh dapatkan pa sahaja koleksi daripada buatan tangan sehingga ke kulit, barangan kemas, perhiasan, antik, lukisan, cenderamata and etc..
The most important thing kena pandai bargain okay...
And watch out okay sbb org2 Turkey nie terlebih mesra and gatalnya....especially for women, kena beware...

1st Gate, our meeting check point before enter/left the Bazaar

Day 9 - ISTANBUL - DOHA - KUALA LUMPUR

Day 10 - Arrived at KLIA at 8.45am, safely touch down with full of memories.....


Alhamdullilah...siap
Memori tercipta dikongsi bersama...
Impian  : dapat kembali kesini semula bersama insan bergelar suami tercinta..Insyaallah



Regards,
ayu ibrahim

TURKIYE (PART II)

Holla there!!!
I'm back to story about the "TURKEY" again...
Previous entry just until day 3 right, now I'll continue with a few days after that...

3rd Day - 24 Dec 2011
Early in the morning, we are transfered for "Hot Air Balloon" ride. It takes around 10minutes from our hotel to the place for the balloon ride. We had light breakfast before the explorer begin.
The pilot gave us briefing and safety procedures before the van took us to the hill.
Seriously, that was amazing experience I ever had...hot air balloon during winter+the huge balloon for 24 capacity of humans...

Picture capture before the ride...

with the pilot

Muke aku lagi...

Duk atas balloon dh time nie..

Ada belon terbang lagi tinggi dr ours

Bukit2 batu yang berpattern n berpintu

Belon lagi......

Helium gas are used for the fire....korang x tgk tank dia, besar gabak~~ 

Celebration after the landing....Grape juice

Not only drinks..also have cakes, choose either chocolate or fruit cake

Complete with success

After that, we are transfer back to hotel for heavy breakfast, and the rest of the day after that is the process for "City Tour"
Our tour guide brought us to visit "GOREME OPEN AIR MUSEUM'. This museum mostly to explore the moon-like landscape which is the unique and have the element of ancient area with hundreds of chapels carved....
I got the chance to walk into the cave through the hillside and our guide story about the religious colonies at here dated back around 373 AD...The cave slightly dark n the area of separation location are labelled for tourist to easily identify..
Theres a few old church located here...

Cak3x... (nk jugak kansss) Haruss okay ada muke aku!!

About 2 hours there, we move to visit "KAYMALK UNDERGROUND CITY"
This place actually was built to accommodate some half of a million people during the Roman Empire occupation and is linked by underground tunnels to other cities..
The tunnels was so long and you can see the light and candle everywhere when u enter the tunnels.
Opppss...I almost forgot that K.lieza camera fall down during our visit into the tunnels...
Then we went to POTTERY place, CERAMIC HANDCRAFT...bla...bla...bla....
Then back to hotel n waiting for the night time~~~~

Turkey people believe that man can only married if they know how to make pottery....

How they colour the cotton.... 

Tonight is the show time.
We had our dinner at the hotel and went to special cave restaurant for the "BELLY DANCING PERFORMANCE".
I'm really enjoyed the fascinating dancing...hahahahahha...
I paste some photo for you guys...

Intro...

Traditional dance

The belly dancer, sorang jer pon~~tapi.......

Sexy giler kansss...then just enough, kang aku letak byk2 berpeluh korang tgk lak~~~hehehe

4th Day - 25 Dec 2011
Today we will go throughast our a log bus journey again.
We enjoyed our breakfast at the hotel and after breakfast our group transfered to KONYA..
Upon arrival, we proceed to KONYA KERVANSAY....a museum again..
Then we visit "MEVLANA MUSEUM" or we called MAULANA.
This museum also known as the "Green Mausoleum or Green Dome. It is the original tekke or lodge of the Maulana Whirling Dervishes, a mystical Sufi Muslim group...
Until now, I still can remembered everything in this museum..from sekecil2 Al-Quran sehingga sebesar2 naskah Al-Quran...dari tulisan tangan sehingga lah ke cetakan komputer, dr helaian kertas sehinggahlah pancaran LCD...
The most important part, ayu paling tak boleh lupakan bau rambut Rasullullah saat ayu mencium kotak rambut tersebut..Helaian rambut nabi yang tersimpan kemas di kotak museum dicium melalui penjuru lubang kotak yg dkecik, tp baunya harum sangat...beratus tahun tapi baunya kekal kehari ini..SubahanAllah..
I'm impressed..

outside the museum..

The replica 

We move to visit "ALAETTIN MOSQUE" but suddenly k.betty had a heart problem..
We stuck there and rushing to the nearest private hospital..
Thank to Allah, we already took precaution before we travel there...each of us was covered by insurance, if not we have to pay by using our own money. The cost for medical at Turkey is very-very expensive, so I advice all of you that have plan to go there please cover yourself with insurance.
It's really2 important, we never know what will happen...
So, the planned change....we not went to ANTALYA but stayed at KONYA for that night..
RIXOS hotel is our destination for that night..
Alhamdullilah, K.betty discharge with doctor permission...



5th Day - 26 Dec 2011
Group direct proceeds to Pamukkale..
The distance from Konya to Pamukkale is around 550km...
Upon arrival at PAMUKKALE we went to sightseeing tour to visit "HIERAPOLIS"
And then went to COTTON CASTLE, a place with a magical and spectacular natural site here and there. It's really unique in the world and is well-known for it's marvelos white lime cascades formed by hot mineral spring...
Sumenyer cantek2 disini...melihat batu pon cantek...aku pon x paham, but mmg cantek landskap dia~~

Mineral lake...

kena buka kasut klu nk jalan atas nih

Us

Con't to the next chapter...

TURKIYE (PART I)

Assalammualaikum..
Merhaba!!!

Happy "New Year" 2012 everyone...
It's still not to late for me to wish u olls happy new year right...Post entry kedua in 2012..
I'm just back from Turkey the last week...x sempat sambut new year kat sana, hehehe...rindu sgt dekat M'sia..
Ayu selamat mendarat di KLIA on 31st Dec 2011 at 8.25am, 20 minute earlier from the expected landing...
Alhamdullilah, everything was great and  I had a precious moment+memory over there...


So dah alang2 update nie, ayu nk share story kat sana..a few places I went and a lot of people I met..
The time at Turkey is late 6hours from M'sia, so you can consider that you younger a few hours compared if you stay at M'sia.....hehehe
Perasan muda sekejap lah kan...for the 10 days
It's been a long journey in the airplane...kejang doh, nak patah sendi2 tulang aku neh...
after 12hours+1 1/1 hours delayed...
Sesampainyer kat Lapangan Terbang Ataturk Turki, kami disambut dengan kesejukan di bawah paras normal...
Keluar jer dr pintu kapal terbang tue terus terasa, seriously x tipu kottttt....
Mmg sejuk, suhu time tue 4 darjah celcius..

Setibanya di Turki, waiting for our coach to fetch us....

Wawa n Me yang kesejukan

Restoran pertama dijejaki dibumi Turki
nama restoran nie dh macam suruh balik jer kan, padahal baru jer smp

First Place of course la ke restaurant, even thought that time baru kul 5.30pm, hari dah gelap seperti 10mlm waktu M'sia kot.....
1st makanan aku dihidangkan dengan "soup"..
Mmg bukan selera aku kot...soup kacang+gandum yg x leh ditelan oleh tekak...
One more thing, there's no chili sauce at Turkey okay...so next time should bring from M'sia, a bottle should be enough~~~

My 1st Turki food masuk dalam tekak aku~~~owh serius bukan taste I, tp kebulur  telan jugak lah

Roti2 dia sangat sedap, x macam roti di Malaysia...serius roti gandum tulen wei

Heavy meal (Nasi tue rasa cam pulut, kebab original daging semata-mata tanpa perasa)
Pergh so different lol

The worst part is, I can't stand foods without any spicy ingredients....
But for intro should be okay I thought....mmmmm...just make myself more comfortable and try to adapt the environment+culture+foods there...
Oh lupa nk kenalkan our tour guide kat sana....His name "Mr.Serkhan" can called him Shah Rukh Khan if u like or Sultan, he don't mind..hehehe
N our drive is very handsome one, middle age and maybe early 30years old I guess...
U guys wanna know something??? sure u all wanna know right....Dekat sana theres one regulation or I can say law by the Government that all Turkey guys compulsory must wear formal dress during working hours, even the driver..

Hotel antik kitaorg....cantek gilos kan even dh berusia 200 tahun

Jalan sekitar hotel, nice house+view around there...feeling2 mcm dekat  spain jer mcm citer2 omputih aku tgk slalu tue (nk jugak feeling kan)

For the first night, we stayed at the "Kadioglu Sehzade Konagi" Hotel at Safranbolu....
This hotel was build 200years ago as home before "Unisco" took over and bought the land and renovate the old house for become hotels with superb environment....
For the 1st time in my life kena tidur sebelah heater then dlm antik building....
Aku pon terfikir...."our journey will be more interesting from now onwards, just for 10 days actually" .....


2st Day - 23/12/2011
Wake up early,
Eat breakfast at lunch M'sia time....
Then we went to "HIDIRLIK HILL"....
The scenery at the top of the hill was really awesome coz I can saw the whole part of Safronbolu district...
I also tried the Turkey's tea with honey, the taste quiet different from our normal tea..but it was so great.

Bukti aku dah panjat Hidirlik Hill neh~~

For the 1st time aku merasa teh turki + honey, so nice (korang try tau bila ke turki)

Then we went to ANKARA by bus and it's took about 230km which is almost 3hours duration with +- restroom stop.

Pict captured masa dalam bas
Feeling mcm citer "Twilight" jer 

On the way to Ankara, suddenly snowing...Everybody so happy and very excited to played with the snow, and I forgot to make snow ball eventhough that was my aim before I jump outside the bus. It's so k, but I do enjoy myself to played with the snow for the first time in my life. The real one okay. Not the fake one, how lucky I am. Mmmmm...maklumlah, org lain berkali2 dah merasa pergi oversea main salji, aku baru sekali okay..so teruja sgt itu perkara biasa...hehehe
Kesian our tour guide kena berhentikan bas semata-mata nk bagi kitaorg main salji, tapi dia suka sangat sebab group kitaorg sgt2 happening...Mana taknye, ada kepala gila2 mcm K.eja,wawa,aku,daus,k.ama n lain2 neh.....

best gilos time nie...Muka kanak2 riang~~~

Aku lagi....

Muke budak excited dapat salji

US

- ANATOLIAN MUSEUM -

Upon arrival at Ankara, we went to  ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATION MUSEUM. As usual, I am not the person that know much about history or what so ever. So, I and wawa just play around n most of the time camera whore...hehehehe
Then visit another museum, the Turkeye National Museum called ATATURK MUSEUM.
Normal kot kan klu g negara orang kena la belajar history dulu, so lawatan ke muzium adalah satu kewajipan.
Finish there+lunch we move to CAPPADOCIA.The state that I wanted to go the most. Because the next day will be the "HOT AIR BALLOON" ride. walawei, cant stand it. The journey was so long, it's take 4hours to Cappadocia from Ankara and almost 310km, damn my punggung was so kematu...
Aku terlepas melihat "SALT LAKE" on the way ke Cappadocia tue... Just because aku fall to sleep masa dalam bas tue, huhuhu...rugi gila rasa...Tp on that time dah gelap pon, even baru 6pm, x nampak pape pon..so cancel la rasa rugi tue boleh? :P



Till next entry : Panjang sangat dah nie..ditambah internet lembab aku nk upload pict pon berjam...
PART 2 : Coming with more interesting experience to share :)

YOU MIGHT DON'T KNOW

You might be married to the worst man on earth, like Asiah who married Pharoah, but it didn't change her goodness or her 'aqeedah. 


You might be married to the best man on earth, like Prophet Lut's wife, yet that doesn't mean you're going to Jannah with him. 


You might not be married at all, like our beloved Maryam (raa) yet Allah swt places your status above all other women on earth. 


Have faith in Allah always & place your full trust in Him. He's the central focal point of our lives. 


(Heba El-Haddad)

Source : Aiman Azlan FB