My prebooked taxi didn’t arrive. After 10 minutes I decided to hail one. The driver agreed to the correct price unlike the one coming in from the airport. He turned out to be a wonderfully friendly chap who had an interest in football and his club is sponsored by some rich Malaysian businessman.
Despite the hiccup, I arrived and checked in seconds before the crowd. That left me some time in the lounge before my last flight with Pegasus back to Istanbul.
I was met by the shuttle which took me back to the Yeni Hostel in Sirkeci. This will be my longest stay at that place. So, of course I was assigned a room on the top floor up four long flights of steps. Each floor was really high as well. For my shorter stays I had the lower floors.