TURKI: Part 1 (B)

Assalamualaikum,

Alhamdulillah..Hai uolss..The time now is already 3.43 in the morning and suddenly I woke up for no reason. I realize that I did not sleep on my bed but beside my bed. Heee.. You must think that I fell down during I sleep right? Ahaha..No lahhh.. Actually I was laying down in my room while reading a book. Unfortunately, I fall asleep.  Im so good right.. :P

So I decide to continue writing  about the amazing of Turkey. So, for this time I choose to write in English as I believe PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT! To be honest, It takes me a few days to go with this decision.

I got to be bold! I need to get live on. Put away my thought about what toxic people might think if i write incorrect grammar or misspelled any word. Hey, I am still in learning process. So, please do support me and don't judge. That would be so kind of you. =)

Firstly, this trip was named 'Turkey-Malaysia International Networking Educational Programme. 'There are 41 of us in the group with varieties of background and ages. The youngest is 8 years old and the oldest is 57 if I'm not mistaken. But that did not bother us at all as we united till the end of the program.

Next, I would like to introduce to you my handsome tourist guide, Mr. Yusuf. He is the Director of Dilruba Turki Travel company. Initially, before we arrived Istanbul Atartuk airport we were informed that our tourist guide name was Ibrahim. But then, Mr.Yusuf tell us that Ibrahim could not make it to Istanbul as he need to go to Malaysia. For us, nothing special about the information until he added that Ibrahim is going to Malaysia as he will get married with a malaysian girl that he just met during his previous trip as tourist guide for his wife to-be group. Now that was surprising! Haha. He is very lucky to have a Malaysian wife. Mabrook to him!

Alhamdulillah, Allah's plan are always better than our plan. Eventhough Ibrahim could not be with us, we are so thankful that Allah grant us a person that is so generous and patient like Mr.Yusuf to guide us all the way while we were in Turkey. A lot of things that he did, were eye-opening for us  to be a true muslim. (InsyaAllah, I will elaborate more on my next entry).May Allah bless him and his family.

"There are thousands of 'Yusuf' out there, but this one is unique."

Next, there are so many places that I traveled to such as Istanbul, Bursa, Afyon, Pamukkale, Beysheir, Cappadocia, Angkara,dan Bolu. Each of this place has it own attraction that hardly expressed by words. 12 days and 10 night in Turkiye feel like only 10 seconds. cewaahh. haha. Lol.

So, these are the list of places that we went to :

-Visit Ulu Mosque.

-Jumalikizik Ottoman Village(Afyon)

-Entry to Hieropolis Ancient City (pamukkale)

-Visit Mekke Kuran Isparta Tahfiz School (Beysheir)

-Entry to Esrefoglu  Mosque 730 years (Beysheir)

-Entry to Mevlana Museum (Konya)

-Tour of Urgup, Goreme, Uchisar (On the way to Cappadocia)

-Entry to Whirling Dervishes Show. 

-Riding Hot Air Ballon (Cappadocia)

-Entry to Carpet weaving workshop. (Cappadocia)

-Entry to Ceramic Workshop (Cappadocia)

-Visit the Malaysian Embassy  (Angkara)

-Visit Gelisim  University (Istanbul)

-Visit and Pray Solatul Jumaat at the Muhammad Al-Fateh Mosque (Istanbul)

-Entry and Pray Dzuhur at Blue Mosque (Istanbul)

-Entry to Topkapi Palace (Istanbul)

-Visit and Read Yassin at Ahmad Ammar Grave.

-Visit Sultan Al-Ayyubi Al-Ansari cemetery.

-Entry to Turki Miniarturk.

-Bosphorus Cruise (Istanbul).

-Shopping at Grand Bazaar. (Istanbul)

Alhamdulillah. We had the chance to perform Zuhur prayer at the Blue Mosque.

On our way to the Grand Bazaar. Lets shopping! Indirim-indirim! ^_^

Infront of the Eyup Sultan Mosque and we also pay a visit at his cemetery.

There are soooo many interesting places to visit. These are just some of it. Other than that, we also went to varieties of restaurant that served delicious food. But there are also food that I never tasted before. For example, Turkish people used to eat cheese that already cut into small pieces just like that and they also eat olive which is quite salty for me. But somehow I believe that is why Turkish people is so healthy and they have a good skin as they consumed 'Sunnah food'. MashaAllah Tabarakallah..

As this is my first time trying new food, InsyaAllah I will apply this in my diet but not everyday as  i need some time to get used to it. =)

Green and Black Olive.

Other than that, one thing that I really salute about Turkey country is that they are so concerned about their public toilet cleanliness. MashaAllah. I could say that most of the time everywhere we go, the toilet is always in good condition. Hence, do not hesitate if you are intend to go to the toilet. Everywhere the toilet is clean, InsyaAllah. Oh ya!One important thing to share.. Do not forget to get ready with a lot of 1 lira coins in your pocket especially during winter time okayyy.As the weather will be very cold and there are some place that we need to pay first before we enter to do our 'business'. You might need to go there on every hour.  Hee.. =)

This is just the HALF of the introduction..InsyaAllah I will update my new entry about the history places in Turkey and also what I learned from this amazing trip. There are lots of thing that I want to share with all of you that are so diligent to read my blog. Pray for me that I will always have time to write and never give up to do it. As sometimes i tend to procrastinate writing a new entry when I already into book. Hee.. Love you all. May peace be upon you.Bye Bye.

KEEP CALM AND LOVE ISLAM! 

Thank you for reading this entry. =)

For Bahasa Malaysia entry, you can click here.