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Images of Istanbul II
Gazette columnist Carl Strock took some photographs on his recent trip to Istanbul, Turkey, and as a no-cost addition to his blog he posted a selection of them so that you, the reader, can view them. Posted on May 29, 2008.
A vendor sells prayer beads.
A vendor sells lottery tickets.
A spice vendor.
A hole-in-the-wall shop, literally.
A man in a market.
A woman in the park demands that I sign all my property over to her (as translated by a passerby).
An old-timer in the park is an international phenomenon.
A Seljuk period carpet is displayed in a museum.
A Philippine tourist poses with some new friends.
A Philippine tourist in the Grand Bazaar.
The spice bazaar (these spices never get used in food).
Mosque lamps for sale.
The Basilica Cistern was used for water storage 1,500 years ago, when a computer-chip factory was comtemplated in the vicinity and Justinian figured it would be a good opportunity to sell the population on a water system that was otherwise unneeded. Finally, it is a source of revenue, with tourists charged 10 lira a head.
Old wooden walls, apparently awaiting demolition, is a common sight.
A wall in the Kidirga neighborhood, my favorite to explore early in the morning.
A playground in the Kidirga neighborhood.
A graveyard.
Romance on the rocks.
Romance on the rocks.
Sunset.
Sunset.
