As I am sitting in my room in Singapore, I am lamenting already. The trip is over - reality is back. In the real world I hold a 9-5 job (actually 9-7 job). While I was gone, I heard the stock market also turned bad so I likely lost some extra money that I could have just as well wasted on another Turkish bath. Quite likely when reality strikes it wouldn't be just a Turkish bath I lost.
Anyway, the last two days in Istanbul I did the mandatory shopping. I bought about 8 kilos of junk - mostly Turkish delights and baklava that I know most of my friends and families won't eat. I think there is enough sugar in my big bag to kill a kid, if he ate it all. T-shirts that I don't wear and souvenirs that will probably stay in the drawers or closet till they are thrown out. As I was lugging my 18 kilos big bag through the streets of Istanbul to take a tram back, I promised myself I will not buy any souvenirs the next trip which will likely be broken. I think a lot of people hate souvenirs. Like me, they probably think whether or not to junk the stuff when someone gives it to them but they feel bad because it was from some distant land (likely China).
Now that I am back I will get a chance to upload some pictures and also maybe give a summary of the pros/cons of the trip.
Anyway, the last two days in Istanbul I did the mandatory shopping. I bought about 8 kilos of junk - mostly Turkish delights and baklava that I know most of my friends and families won't eat. I think there is enough sugar in my big bag to kill a kid, if he ate it all. T-shirts that I don't wear and souvenirs that will probably stay in the drawers or closet till they are thrown out. As I was lugging my 18 kilos big bag through the streets of Istanbul to take a tram back, I promised myself I will not buy any souvenirs the next trip which will likely be broken. I think a lot of people hate souvenirs. Like me, they probably think whether or not to junk the stuff when someone gives it to them but they feel bad because it was from some distant land (likely China).
Now that I am back I will get a chance to upload some pictures and also maybe give a summary of the pros/cons of the trip.