Right now, I'm in Istanbul which is an awesome city. I'll write more about it later, but this city is really cool. It has lots of really nice mosques, everything in the city in general is really nice, it's got an awesome landscape with the two sides (Asia and Europe) being separated by the Bosphorus, and its just a really cool city to just walk around and check out. I'm spending all my time in Turkey here, and its my favorite city so far. The weather is cold, its in the 50s which isn't something I tend to like, but I do really like this city, it has a great culture clash because it feels and looks like Europe even though it's Islamic and not fully in Europe (and unfortunately, things are priced like Europe, it's hard to adjust to that after being in inexpensive countries for 2 months). I haven't gone to the Asian side yet (our boat is docked on the European side, and most of the attractions are there too), but I'm definitely going to go over there today or tomorrow to see it. And a bunch of us got tickets to the Besiktas/Sivasspor soccer (football) match for Saturday night which should be awesome, it's the second place team in the Turkish league against the fourth place team and Turkish fans go absolutely crazy for soccer so it should be awesome (especially since I'm a huge soccer fan.) Besiktas just got wrecked by Liverpool in Champions League a few days ago (lots of people here have been talking about it) so it should be interesting to see how they respond on Saturday in their Turkish league game. Anyway, I've posted some random pics from throughout the trip, so here they are:
Housing on the Mekong Delta
Sketchy bridge on the Mekong Delta
That snake was real heavy
Monk walking by the Royal Palace in Bangkok
River right behind the Taj Mahal
Kids playing cricket by the Ganges in Varanasi
Tuk tuk in New Delhi
Sportscenter.....Indian style
View of Varanasi from the Ganges
Our halloween constumes, we had to get really creative since you can't go to a store and just by stuff....we ended up being the cast of Aladdin.
Bridge over the Suez Canal
On the Suez Canal
Sketchy bridge on the Mekong Delta
That snake was real heavy
Monk walking by the Royal Palace in Bangkok
River right behind the Taj Mahal
Kids playing cricket by the Ganges in Varanasi
Tuk tuk in New Delhi
Sportscenter.....Indian style
View of Varanasi from the Ganges
Our halloween constumes, we had to get really creative since you can't go to a store and just by stuff....we ended up being the cast of Aladdin. 
Bridge over the Suez Canal
2 comments:
I looooooove the pictures Max! That Halloween picture made me laugh! And that snake looks like it's taking you down...haha...
Just got off of Skype with Mr. E. - sounds like he's enjoying Istanbul - I can't wait to see pictures of Istanbul too - I really don't know what it would look like. Eric says it's like an Islamic, European Seattle. I bet it's wierd to be back in a temperate climate now.
Well - I hope you have a great time at the soccer match tomorrow.
Catch you later,
Elizabeth
That was a good show, the picture of you with the snake is really too much, never thought you'd go that far!!
And Halloween looks like it was fun, except your vest is a tad dull, you all should have worn more jewels.. haven't you been picking up baubles in all the different countries...if not, get on it now...time's a wasting!!
enjoy the soccer match, and chilly Istanbul, must be weird to be in shoes again, if I know you...
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