Istanbul was as amazing as ever. I really like this city, it's so lively, is build around lots of water and has so many sides, it truly has charm! We arrived to Istanbul late in Saturday evening, and from the Metro otogar station we got a free transfer to Taxim Square where we were planning on finding a cheap accommodation. Not probably the best timing, arriving at Taxim Sq late on saturday night dragging huge bags... After a bit of walk towards the Galata Tower...

Sat 22/8/2009 in a bus somewhere between Adana and Ankara in Turkey Yesterday, friday, morning Måns and I waved goodbye to Boel who took the bus from Aleppo back to Damascus to meet up with Evelina and Karin, while we took the bus diagonally across Turkey to Istanbul. Our bus was supposed to leave at noon from Aleppo international bus station, cross the boarder to Turkey, stop at Antakya and then continue via Adana overnight to Istanbul to be there the next...