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Nargila cafe, ghalyoon va chai khaneh - very relaxed, airy. And backgammon players were not too pushy... lost only 20 Turkish Lires over weeks in Istanbul.

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Fresh tanoori bread, eggplants, hot green peppers and tomatoes... needed to pick out the lamb pieces tucked in the eggplant chuncks, fed them to the stray dogs

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Smack next to my hotel, a sign(?), had to interview there... Many a Yes plus one big No, were my answers.

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Hajia Sofia in Sunset, SultanAhmet, Istanbul this shot contains many 1st's: Love @1st sight on my first day in Istanbul, first shot of Istanbul, first real Turkish food (fresh bread, olives, cheese, tomato and cucumber), the best turkish coffee - all on the roof top of a random hotel!

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