turkey-jordan

just came back from my vacation!!.i was traveling to Turkey-Istanbul and Jordan-Amman with family..it was FUN and tiring!!..also it's making my brain quite fresher than before..
we're traveling for 8 days, 4 days we spent in Istanbul and was awesome. i like it very much!!..the city look like somewhere in Indonesia (indonesiaaa lagi!)..but unfortunately we weren't going to ankara, ankara is the capital city of turkey and it placed in asia region..

so here's the things..

1st day
we spent our day in istiqlal street..Istiqlal street is the centre of the city in istanbul..there are many old building..isi isi buildingnya segala macem toko..semua ada deh dari yang ga bermerek sampe ga bermerekk!!. toko sepatu, toko ikan, toko barang barang lucu, restoran, club, bioskop, pokonya lengakap deh..trus banyak cafe cafe asik..padahal jalan itu sempit banget.. hari hari biasa aja rame apa lagi kalo malem minggu penuuuuuuuuhhh banget..

2nd day
we're going around the city by double dekker bus and stopped at the ayasophia (St. sophia museum)..The design of the building was cool..its look like cruch but there's a dome (apa dong tuh namanya)..nah, the wondering thing is..on the ceiling, there is a writing of allah on the right, and muhammad on the left and between them there is a picture of bunda maria..its really show a peace between religion.
then, we wre going to blue mosque. its just an ususal mosque but the dome is blue..that's it. after thet we wre going to Topkapi museum. there are many prophets' stuffs like nabi muhammad's swords, bow, and beard, nabi musa's cane (that he used to split up the red sea), and soooo many things..



3rd day
we were going to asia part of turkey..turkey is very unique! because it has two parts of region.. the one- which is istanbul placed in europe and the other one in asia..and they accept both currency which r euro and lyra..
terusss kita CRUISING di laut......... (tapi gw lupa laut apa ya namanya)..pokonya, that sea is the border between europe and asia..tapi setelah diliat liat, the asia part is better than europe..because the city wasnt really crowded (kayanya) and there r many cozy villas near by the sea.

4th day
we're cruising again..dan gara gara dua hari berturut turut ke laut mulu, kulit gw mennn!!..jadi aga kehitam hitaman..tapi tetep manis koo..huekhuek..ehemm..

5th day
we're going to the shopping mall and i think it was the only shoping mall there-ksian..disitu gw menemukan surga gw..karena akhirnya gw bisa makan enak!!...selama 4 hari di istanbul cuman sekali doang makan nasi..dan di mall ini lah gw menemukan makanan cina...thanks god i found you (NASII!!)..dan setelah itu, we're leaving istanbul..

nah sekarang kita ke Jordan-amman..

pas gw baru nyampe di jordann..perasaan gw ko aga aga ga suka ya sama jordann..abisan hawa hawa panasnya udah kecium sama idung gw..dan bisa di bilang kotanya masih bagusan abudhabi--jauuuuuuhh..walaupun begitu saya suka jordan..especially DEAD SEA!!..ai lop yu dead sea..

1st day
we just looking around the city and we're visiting citadel-citadel is archaeology museum. it was wonderful, so many big pillars and i feel like im in greece (ngarep).abis itu ke roman theater dan itu ampir ampir sama kaya coliseum jadi berasa lagi liburan ke itali gitu (ngarep lagi)..thats all for the first day..
PS: it was making my skin darker!

sorry for the interuption--nyadar ga kalo makin kesini ceritanya makin pendek?..cangkel abisan.

2nd day
DEAD SEA...here i comeeeeee..tapi sebelom ke dead sea mampir mampir dulu deh ke mount nebo..itu tempat memorialnya nabi musa a.s, di situ tempat nabi musa bilang ke umatnya kalo di situ (suatu kota yang dia kasih liat ke umatnya) adalah tanah harapan (promise land/hope land) untuk umat umatnya..nah itu dia yang sekarang lagi di rebutin sama israel dan palestine..
terus kita ke baptism site..menutrut kepercayaannya agama kristen sih itu tempat waktu jesus di baptis..di baptism site itu juga ada jordan river..yang manaaaaa (bahasanya) river itu adalah permbatas israel dan jordan..
tapi kalo kata gw sih..ga guna bgt sungainya (dengan kata lain selokan yang aga besar)..orang lebarnya aja cuman kurang lebih dua meter..berenang dua kali gaya kodok juga nyampe..
abis itu ke dead sea!!..meeennn gw cinta bgt hari ituu..
dead sea was really cool..di deket dead sea itu ada kolam renangnya..dan sebnernya gw menghabiskan waktu di kolam renang bukan di dead seanya..
pertama gw ke dead sea..kayanya gw merasa seperti anak kampung yang ga pernah ngambang di aer..hehe..
abisan bener lohh..kalo tiduran di dead sea ga bakalan tenggelem..ngambang aja terus..tapiii gw ga tahan..perih bgt aernya kalo kena mata ato luka..
FYI, dead sea itu mengandung kadar garam yang sangat tinggi, sehingga apa pun yang berada di permukaannya bakalan ngambang. ga ada ikan yang idup disitu apalagi ikan cupang..dan kalo di rasakan..tekstur aernya beda banget..kaya aga aga kentel gimana gituu...perlu berapa kilo garamkah yang didibutuhkan untuk membuat dead sea?..
and reselut of the end of the day is...kulit gw makin HITAM..

4th day
PETA=PETRA=AMAZING..so?...peta is amazing..thank you..heheh
have u seen transformer?..one of the shooting locations was on Petra, jordan..jadi (lagi) gw merasa mirip megan fox ketika gw di sana (ngarep!! tapi sayangnya bibir gw ga seksi kaya dia)..haha..
oke thats the end..

tambahan!!..gw punya nama baru selama di jordan..yaitu ASMA...kenapa?..
gw juga bingung..gara garanya supir yang suka nganterin keluarga gw selama di jordan susah menghafal nama gw..jadinya dia ngasih nama gw asma seperti nama istrinya...
loh ko nama orang di ganti ganti..

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2 Response to "turkey-jordan"

  1. nina vina says:
    July 24, 2009 at 9:56 PM

    jiiihh jangan jangan lo mirip istrinya ta, mau diajak nikah kali.. hahahah

  2. aruna says:
    July 30, 2009 at 11:59 AM

    huhahahahha..serem gilaaaaa....
    kaga istrinya mah arab..nah gw?..
    sunda pisan!..