Day 20: 23rd June. Istanbul

We arrived finally in Istanbul and make our way to the heart of the old town centre, Sultanahmet, where the famous blue mosque awaited us just a hundred metres from our hotel. We checked into one of the most charming little hotels in Istanbul, and quite possibly Europe.

One of my favourite portraits during this trip, this man sells walnuts and apricots along the corner of one street in the Spice Bazaar. He proffered a piece of apricot when shown a display of his portrait on my LCD.


People in Istanbul are extremely friendly and always manage to find a way to win their way into your heart and smiles.


This is the library in our luxuriously suited up hotel. Often used by diplomats and ambassadors during their private stays, this is as special as it gets here in Istanbul.


Pigeons taking flight in Beyazit Square frame these two boys as they stroll across the plaza.


This is one of the main means of public transport in Istanbul, a city divided by two bodies of water; the Golden Horn separating old and new towns, and the Bosphorus separating European and Asian sides of the city.


This boy kindly offered to be my model for this great shot, sparing myself the need to use myself *shudder* as one.