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Cistern & Taksim

Basilica Cistern Yerebatan Sarnici or Basilica Cistern is a short walk from our hotel.We had seen the queues before and noted that there is an online queue which is often without anyone.So we booked last night and made our way there after 0900. We breezed straight through and down the steps into the cistern straight […]

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Away with the ferries

I love taking the public ferries to Istanbul’s islands.  Like Hong Kong’s Star Ferry, it’s a cheap way of getting a seaborne view of the city.  The schedules seem to have changed and I couldn’t find a suitable departure from Eminonu to Princes’ Islands. So, I decided that we would leave around 0900 to Kadikoy […]

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Sights of Istanbul

Ayasofya Today I start showing Ming around in earnest, starting with the Ayasofya.  We headed out straight after breakfast around 0900 and found a long queue for the Ayasofya.  As it is now a mosque rather than a museum, entry is free but suspended during prayer hours. A security man suggested that the queue would […]

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Meeting a friend in Istanbul

Flying to Istanbul I woke at 0530 and walked to Trg Slavija at 0610 for the 0630 bus to the airport.  I had hoped to catch the bus at a nearer stop to my hotel, which was supposedly the retired railway station, but wasn’t able to locate the stop. Finally, today, I found the bus […]

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Sights of Belgrade

Solo exploration It was a little cool as I ventured out for some sightseeing.  The forecast was for extreme weather of up to 27 degC, which is unseasonally hot for late October. I called past Trg Slavija to find the airport bus, this time successfully, before continuing to the St Sava church.  Ground-breaking for the […]

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Kosovo to Serbia

Above:  St Sava in Belgrade. Bus ride to Belgrade I walked to the station for my 0900 departure from Prizren to Belgrade.  At the station I was directed to a small office just outside the station boundaries.  I checked that my online booking was OK and the lady asked me to go buy her a […]

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Thought on Kosovo

Lazy day Having done today’s share of sightseeing yesterday, I had no pressure to get going this morning.  When Ieft the room around 1000, the weather was cold, dull but dry.  It made me glad that I did so much yesterday. My cereal breakfast in the room didn’t quite satisfy me so I had a […]

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Sights of Prizren

Moving to Prizren Buses from Gjakova to Prizren run around every 30-60 minutes so I didn’t have to plan my departure time in advance.  When I felt ready after breakfast, I checked the schedule and delayed myself a little so that I would get to the station just right for the 0940 departure. It was […]

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Largest, longest, oldest bazaar

Going to Gjakova I left the hotel after breakfast around 0810 and managed to get a bus straight away towards the Bill Clinton statue.  With another stroke of luck, I boarded a connecting bus nearly immediately which took me to Pristina bus station where I waited about 10 mins for the 0900 bus to Gjakova. […]

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Sightseeing on foot

Exploring Pristina The hotel gave a nice breakfast with Turkish music videos playing softly in the background.  I left around 0900 to explore the main sights of the city and a free walking tour. First up was the old town nearby.  Most of it wasn’t old old but it certainly had an old feel with […]

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