onizou idea nomads - turkey - gerhard seizer & klara sibeck

 

 

 

 

 

2009/DEC/08-25

TURKEY

Lets face it: Turkey is just too much. Too much tasty food. Too much baklava. And we took way too many photos. Or maybe that’s because we had a new camera to try out? Well, no better place to get going with a camera than in Istanbul – scroll down to check out the pictures. Turkey was an especially exciting country on our list, as we’d had a preview of it over the past months of traveling. Turkish music is played from Urumqi to Uzbekistan. Kebab can be eaten from Shanghai to Sankt Petersburg. Good to finally see where it all came from. This was our first visit, definitely not the last.

 


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distance traveled 2857 km
elapsed time 16 days
average speed 7 km/h

 

 

 

streets of istanbul

best kebap
transportation
birds
barber
no entry
quiet street
overhanging danger
istanbul
street art
wheels
backgammon
foggy istanbul
turkcell promo
looking up
too many oranges
space invaders?
people
buy your akbil here
berber
gun beard - ceci n'est pas une pipe
high level window cleaning
high level window cleaning
church
minaret + church
bucket for shopping
bucket from above
a place to wash


istanbul by night

flags for sale
lamps
galata tower
electro sound
christmas decoration on istikal street
turkcell promo
nargileh
charcoal keeping the nargileh running
bridge over bosporous
mosque at the shore
nargileh at tophane
fishing
plastic bag rain cover
at bar 360
rooftop view
at bar 360
at bar 360
raki
hot nights
nargileh
nargileh
bus station & mosque
LED brick
bricks lighting up the sidewalk
mr. vader


josé gonzález playing in istanbul

warming up
happy happy
istanbul audience
josé gonzález istanbul
otto santral, istanbul
gökce & friends
josé gonzález istanbul
istanbul audience
josé gonzález istanbul
josé gonzález istanbul
josé gonzález istanbul
josé gonzález istanbul
josé gonzález istanbul
pide
after concert: food.
food fight
yes, pide!
this is how to make a real pide
cheeesus

 

yellow fist graffiti by Kripoe

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markets & food... ahh, the food...

baklava!
kebab
kebab
fruits
pomegranade
durum döner and fresh juice
baklava battle field
grand bazaar
grand bazaar
grand bazaar
turkish coffee
olives
tea
baklava overkill
sweet but angry
wanna buy perfume?
spice market
spice market
vendors at spice market
pide
diet baklava
caviar
spice market
sweets
lokum
soap
mountains of sweetness
dried stuff
xmas deco shop
around grand bazaar

 

istanbul architecture

blue mosque
contemplating at blue mosque
blue mosque
blue mosque
blue mosque
blue mosque
aya sofya
aya sofya
aya sofya
aya sofya
aya sofya
blue mosque
blue mosque
basilika cistern
basilika cistern
beyazit mosque
beyazit mosque
beyazit mosque
süleymaniye mosque
süleymaniye mosque
topkapi palace
topkapi palace
topkapi palace
topkapi palace
topkapi palace
topkapi palace - hamam
topkapi palace - hamam toilet
topkapi palace - harem
topkapi palace - harem


princes' islands, adalar

feeding the birds
feeding the birds
ferry to adalar
ear marked street dogs
islands
15
dial a bird?
speakers
44 - A
olize
horse parking?
sailors
evil eye protection
no. 65
peaceful cows
decorated cow
horse man
I met a horse
turk kahvesi on top of the hill
left turn
statue
sign
painter
hearts on the street
tree
digiturk
keys and stuff
boots
lots of horses, but where are the tourists?


istanbul waters

bosporous
bosporous
galata tower
bosporous
sultanahmet
fishing on galata bridge
fishing on galata bridge
fishing on galata bridge

 

göreme / cappadocia

cappadocia bus station
göreme village
hot air balloon and cold birds
hot air balloon
door
evil eye protection
dye
göreme village
parking lot
top of the mosque
beer promo
göreme town by night
göreme town
pottery tree
cave table
frescoes in göreme
christian paintings - iconoclastic times
christian paintings - iconoclastic times
church frescoes in göreme
fairy chimney
last apples
pumpkins
love valley
chair in love valley
love valley
cave
just climbed through chimney
hamam
gör tur
getting a ride to avanos
göreme village
cappadocian eggs
safe jump
who put those stones there?
village
outlet
devrent valley
devrent valley
funky hills
in the cave
enjoying the scenery
enjoying the scenery
old box
this way
hiding in the cave
more funky shapes
miniature hills
painting ceramics
making ceramics
wearable wine bottle
wearable wine bottle
we are all protected
no evil here
underground city
cappadocia socks
cappadocia cola
trying the local wine
fairfy chimneys
enjoying the luxury of internet at kelebek hotel


kayseri

shoe shine, sir?
row of ATMs
one leg man
E E E E E
fake flowers
bilet
durum! durum!
waiting for the bus


24h train from kayseri to tatvan

at kayseri train station
at kayseri train station
at kayseri train station
at kayseri train station
at kayseri train station
at kayseri train station
passenger
sign missing
passenger
wagon master making tea
turkish train
turkish train
view from train
making coffee on the train
making coffee on the train
steamy coffee
morning coffee
view from the train
view from the train
view from the train
view from the train
view from the train
view from the train
view from the train
train station
view from the train
view from the train
tatvan by night
on the road again
tatvan hotel


xmas in turkey

onizou christmas tree
merry xmas
onizou christmas tree

 

ferry from tatvan to van

christmas breakfast
on the ferry
waiting for ticket office to open
walking to ferry
smoke
train tracks to ferry
harbour
harbour
harbour
harbour
train tracks to ferry
ferry
to save your life do not go upstairs
alone on the ferry
prayer room
how to adjust life preservers
lake van
on the ferry
lake van
lifeboat
no smoking
on the ferry
ferry
ferry
ferry
turkish ferry
on the ferry
on the ferry
happy new year in van
van by night


from van to the border of iran

on the street in van
evil eye protection
on the street in van
on the street in van
on the street in van
bus office
evil eye protection
tea break
close to the iran border
wc
funky gearshift
funky gearshift
on the bus
vangölu bus