Belfast!..^^

Sesungguhnya daku malas nk wat entry pasal greece dan athens~..boleh tak?..Da berkurun lame punye cerita kan..hehe..So let's move on..this entry will be about our trip to belfast!..yeay!!..^___________^

Trip to Northern Ireland~..^^

Kitorang pegi melawat anis kat belfast on 14th and 15ht of oct~sabtu ahad..anis nk balik malaysia on 22th of oct which is last week, So ktorang pegi la belfast sebelum anis  balik malaysia..Huhu..agak lame punye cite jugak ni la kan kirenye..tapi takpe..nk wat entry jugak sebb menarik..hehe..

Pegi ireland melawat budak ini..hehe

Jadi, flight ktorang pkl 7 pagi, so macam bese, pegi airport pkl 5pagi..sampai belfast around 8 macamtuh..sampai2 je belfast, keluar dari flight....sejukk....>.<..menggigil2 semua orang..mane taknye..suhu below 5 kot rasenye haritu..

We met anis dekat in front of satu hotel ni sebb our trip to northern ireland start pkl 9 ke 10 tak igt..hehe..tapi ktorang janji la utk gather dekat depan satu hotel ni..anis suruh ktorang amek teksi pegi sane dari bus station but the taxi pak cik said that the hotel tak jauh pun, kinda rase rugi la kalo ktorang naik teksi die, berbaloi lagi kalo jalan kaki..jadi what we did was gunalah kecanggihan teknologi masa kini = google map~..jalan jalan jalan~..nk dekat 15 minit jugak la jalan..jauhhhh..>.<..dah la sejuk..rase macam tak nk keluarkan tangan dari pocket je sepanjang jalan tuh..tapi terpakse keluarkan jugak..kalo tak..mane nk tengok map kat handphonenye..mane nk tau jalan...*rasanaknangessebabsejuksangat*

Entrance to the bridge rope.

Tickets~

Moving on~..our trip was to 2 different locations..Giant causeway dengan Carrick-a-rede rope bridge which were the 2 most visited places in Northern ireland..sangat cantik!!..seyes rugi tak pegi kalo dah ade kat ireland. Mula-mulaa we went to carrick-a-rede bridge which is jambatan gantung~ Masing2 excited nak pegi melintas jambatan tuh..bergambar apatah lagi~..haha..Tapi dari tempat bus parking dengan jambatan tu agak jauh jugak la..1km berjalan..memang exercise sikit la hari tuh..dengan pakai but yang berheels nye..saba je la kan..

On the way to the bridge.

Models papan tanda..hehe

Model pertama rope bridge. - mewakili belfast, ireland.

Model bridge ke-2 dari uni of strathclyde, scotland.

Model bridge ke-3 dari Lanarkshire, scotland. (yg pakai tudung biru, yg belakang tu manager..hehe)

Model bridge ke-4 aka juri hakim..hehe

Model bridge ke-5 wakil James blyth court hostel, scotland.

Habis je tour dekat carrick-a-rede, our tour group had our own lunch before we went to Giant causeway. For lunch, bus ktorang berhenti dekat satu whiskey factory ni yang agak famous jugak la..that was actually one of the places of interest yang included dalam tour ni kot..omputih2 yang satu group dengan ktorang ni excited la nk pegi..ktorang?..*sigh*..nak carik tempat lunch pun memang tak la kan..so what we did was makan bekal lasagna yang anis bawak..thank you aniss~~..lasagna sangat sedapp!!..nasi dengan sambal udang terbaik la..hehe..luckily anis bekalkan makanan lunch utk ktorang berlima..takde la kelaparan sepanjang trip..susah2 je anis..hehe (padahaldemandsebelumdatangsebenarnye..huhu)

Having lunch nasi putih dengan sambal udang..;D

Lunchbox special menggembirakan hati dan perut..hehe

Sambal udang anis memang terbaik la..peah makan sampai menggigil2 kot..sejuk+pedas sangat kot eh peah?.haha..seyes kelakar..Me who at that time kongsi satu bekal dengan peah tak tahan gelak kot..XD haha..mianhe~..
We had our lunch dekat tempat parking..mane tak sejuknye..this is what we called survival!!..haha..

Peah muka tahan pedas n sejuk..XD

Ermm...along the trip, pemandangan sangat cantik..subhanallah..^^..rasa macam nak beli rumah satu kat sana pastu tinggal kat sana je..sangat tenang suasana ditambah dengan kehijauan alam..satu benda yang paling banyak ktorang notice sepanjang prjalanan ktorang were sheeps!..baba black sheep have you any wool~..yes sir yes sir three bags full~..hehe..sheeps sangat banyakk....seyes macam cerita kartun..sheeps kat  situ sangat berselerakan sampai their owners need to spray colour dekat bulu sheep tu to mark the herd. Ada sheeps dengan tompok-tompok colour biru, kale pink, hijau, kale purple..warna warni..kesian sheeps..

Berjalan2 di Giants Causeway..Spot the iphone 10?..hehe

Camwhore~..hehe

Subhanallah..cantiknya dunia ciptaan-Nya.

Erm..we arrived at giant causeway tu around 3pm macam tu and we were given till 5.30pm to wander around, tangkap gambar and berjalan-jalan..We were given a device macam what we had back in stonehedge. The place was wonderful!! lagi cantik and more worth it dari stonehedge..hehe..boleh tak cakap macam tuh..ngee~..

Batu-batu kat sini sangat unik and menarik~..flat~ je..

Yana excited jumpe air..hehe

Macam gate tak..gate semulajadi~..hehe

Love the weather~~..

Kyaaa~~~~...<3

Ehem2..nak ngorat bley?..hehe

This is what inside the giants causeway exhibition.The fairy tale about how the Giants causeway form.spot the giant? 

Tepat jam 5.30, kitorang bertolak pulang ke rumah anis which stay together dengan kak fae(our senior back in IMU)..sampai lebih kurang pukul 7lebih, had our dinner and pegi melawat our friend yang just had their first child, baby jannah around 9pm macam tuh. Baby jannah dah besar..hehe..

Baby Jannah dengan Ana (jannah's mummy)

Ada gaya mak tak?..hehe

Afterwards, ktorang pegi tengok Queens university..night view of the uni sangat cantik..macam castle pun ade..so,seperti biasa, tangkap gambar lagi..hehe..around 10.30pm macam tuh baru balik rumah anis...

Berbackgroundkan Queens university.

Queens university of Belfast.betul kan name uni ni..

Comel tak ktorang..XD

Balik tu takterus tido, sempat lagi order kebab delivery utk breakfast esok..hehehe

Esoknya, we went back to glasgow..such a short trip to Ireland..sedih..;( but we sure had fun!!..thanks anis..thanks all..^_______^..

Baby jannah dengan Khom n Anna (parents) dengan yana..aihh..amik berkat eh yana..hehe

Dear Anis..We Love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..<3

Da nk balik glasgow dah..sob sob sob..;(

Annyeong..(^^)/

Semoga Allah memberkati Ukhuwah kita..^^

Turkey vs Turkish people

This will be quite a short entry, hopefully. Baru habis having dinner tadi and i was thinking of updating this little page of mine since it's gonna way too long kalau nak tunggu next coming weekend. who knows apa agenda pulak menanti next week kan..huhu..and plus, i promised a friend to make an entry about turkey~..so, this is for you..^^

Blue Mosque.

So, jom sambung cerita dari entry yang sebelum ni..pasal london right?So dari london sampai la dekat Sabiha Gokchen airport around 1pm local time.Disebabkan ktorang nek flight pkl 8am, so igtkan the flight will took around 5 hours la kan sbbnye arrival time yg termaktub dekat atas tiket tu = 1pm but~ because the time difference, it only took around 3 hours macam tu..jam turkey pukul 1 tapi our watch baru pkl 11am.. sampai airport, the first thing that i notice was betapa lengangnya airport tuh..mungkin sbb lunch hour?..err..masuk akal ke..mungkin tidak~but begitulah keadaannya.

inilah rupa pelabuhan feri tempat ktorang mendarat..

Dari airport, we took a bus,then a ferry and finally sampai la ke istanbul..yeay!!..excited!!..keluar ferry je nampak ramai sangat orang dekat port tu..sangat ramai..seriously..by 'sangat ramai', i mean sangat2 ramai! packed..crowded..congested!..kalah jalan TAR..
Dari kota istanbul, we walk a bit and sampaila to our accommodation. Sume dah pancit bila sampai hostel, letak je luggage, sama2 masuk ke alam mimpi..haha..sgt tak productive kan..

Muka penat tak cukup tdo..XD

 2nd day in istanbul,
The first place we went to was Masjid Biru aka the Sultanahmed Mosque aka the Blue mosque. Local people kat turkey tak panggil masjid biru tu Blue mosque, dorang panggil Sultanahmed mosque, so some of them gets confused if u asked them where's the blue mosque. Another thing about turkish people is they don't really speak english..ade yang tak paham pun. Almost all the time when we were in turkey we used sign language. Time ni la nak gunakan segala kekreativitian,body language dan segala peralatan yang ada utk bagi orang paham. Good to see they appreciate their language but the down side of it is ktorang la terkial2 kat tengah2 istanbul tu..Huhu..

Jalan tram = jalan kete = tempt pejalan kaki = jalan bus = (O.o)

Okay, enough complaning..jom tengok tempat2 menarik kat istanbul..hee

1)Sultanahmed Mosque
Sultanahmed mosque ni as the the word 'mosque' potrayed, a masjid. Tempat orang semayang tapi disebabkan ramainya tourist nk tengok blue mosque ni, cammane luarnya, cammane dalamnya, da tak rupa tempat semayang dah literally. I said this because ktorang smyg zohor and asar kat sini. bayangkan tengah2 semayang tu orang lalu layang kat depan amek gambar..bayangkanlah tahap kekhusyukan yang diperlukan utk smyg kat ctu..stress!..T.T..apart from that, the interior design were superb sangat!^^

one of the Entrances into the mosque. ;)

2)Topkapi Palace
Entrance fee = 25lira..T.T..mahalnye la..ktorang da nk dekat smpi depan kaunter ticket tu baru tau the entrance fee was that high..uhuk3..tapi beli je la..bila lagi nk sampai turkey kan n nak masuk palace yang once where the uthman empire ruler tinggal. Pintu gerbang palace ni cantik but the inside is more stunning!. As many other palace, ada dewan, library, garden, meeting room, etc. Ade jugak room utk jewellary and one room yang sangat menarik my perhatian was the clock room. sangat cantik. Clocks all over the world, creatively and stunnings made,with germs and gold, hand made and beautifully crafted were gathered inside that room..sangat cantik!..sume tu jam2 lame, ade macam2 rupa n dari tahun berape ntah..kalo boleh tak nk keluar dari bilik tu nk tgk jam-jam tu puas2 tapi malangnya byk tempat lagi nk kena pegi..T.T..and the other saddening thing was camera is not allowed inside..i managed to take one pic je before the guard warned me...huhu..>.<

On the way to topkapi palace.

da nak sampai dah.almost at the entrance.

The palace entrance!..jajang!!..

Ni kat depan library.kat belakang tu library castle ni..

Posing bersama ticket!..;D

Amek gambar kenangan..mahal nihhh...>.<

Awesome kan!!..nak pokok ni satu kat rumah jugak~~

Yana bersama err...tugu?..hehe

Selain dari the clocks' room, ada room yang diletakkan barang2 kemas hadiah dari negara2 lain, ade room yang kumpulkan senjata2 yang digunakan time kerajaan uthmaniah memerintah dulu, pakaian2 and also a room di mana dorang tunjuk cara diorang gunakan guns, bow and pedang. Time tengok2 bilik ni terasa macam nk belaja men pedang pun ada..huhu..one thing that i noticed was pedang2 and almost all their weapons ni banyak ukiran2 dan tulisan2 arab, ayat-ayat alquran and byk jugak diukir nama atas pedang tu. Cantik and dorang punya hiasan banyak guna germs and emas. even bow pun ade ukiran2 emas ngn germs..apatah lagi baju kan..kayanya kerajaan uthumaniah ni..

Even the entrance to the palace nampak dah ukiran2 emas die..

This is what i managed to captured..ni tempat ke 1000 000th tercantik kalo nk dibandingkan dengan jam2 lain yang tak sempat diambil gambar..T.T

Hanya mampu mengambil gambar pintu~~..uhuk3..

Model pintu gerbang..hehe.

3)Hagia Sophia.
Disebabkan Hagia sophia tutup hari isnin (which was the day we visited tempat-tempat di atas), ktorang pegi hagia sophia on the next day. Entrance fee = 25lira jugak. luckily we went there pagi dkt2 pkl 10 rasenye..if we went there after 10, memang tak larat nk que. Hagia sophia dikatakan sebagai ex-church yang ditukarkan menjadi masjid sebelum ditukarkan jadi museum pada hari ini. Inside, sepeti masjid2 lain, ade tempat sembahyang, tempat imam baca khutbah n tempat muazin melaungkan azan. basically, hagia sophia ni ada 2 bahagian. satu bahagian yang utk orang islam, and the other part was for orang kristian esp aras 1. Penuh dengan gambar2 utk agama kristian. What makes me wonder was, kenapa masa ditukarkan church kepada masjid tu, gambar2 tu tak di paint or abolished?..cause it's quite odd to see kalimah Allah and Muhammad at one site and all of sudden ade gambar orang bersayap terbang2 nearby..awkward kan?..
Tapi, what ever the reason was, let's think positively..it's not the place that important, it's the belief that you practice matters...right?..^^

Makanan tengahhari selepas keluar dari topkapi palace..jagung bakar!tak sedap..=S

Inside Hagia sophia.^^

I dont remember much about this one..>.<

another part of hagia sophia.

Tergantung di dinding2..

This is what it looks like from the 2nd floor.

Apparently this was a grave/tomb of someone.

On the to the 2nd floor. macam cite merlin tak?hehe

Sebelum turun blk ke 1st floor..hehe

Hagia sophia.

4)City sightseeing.
To be honest, itu je la tempat yang ktorang pegi sepanjang 3 hari kat turkey tu. The rest of time we spend on bus..looking through the glass window..sume gara2 mr.farouq, a bus agent yang recommendkan the 24hours tour ticket. Meaning, we can hop on - hop off the bus within 24hour from the moment we bought the 11euro ticket. Berbaloi tak?..hurmm..ktorang cover pretty much asian part and europe part of turkey tapi dari kaca tingkap bus je la..kinda regret that now..T.T..aigoo..membazir masa..

orang ug bertanggungjawab menyebbkan ktorang wat tour atas bus je..=.=

Lunch atas bus.kebab!

An voice tour..banyak btol language die kan..tapi BM takdak..>.<

5)Grand bazaar~
Ceritanya grand bazaar nih~..after pegi hagia sophia, lunch, ktorang pun mencari la grand bazaar nih..tanya orang2 sekeliling, dorang kate kene berjalan around 500-1km dari tempt ktorang tu..so, dah give up nk carik sbbnye ktorang dah memang ada dkt satu bazaar ni cume bukan grand bazaar la..namenye mahmud basyar bazaar..disebabkan tak banyak masa left (sbb mlm tu ktorang kene catch a bus utk pegi kusadasi which is 10 hours journey dari istanbul), we end up shopping dekat mahmud basyar tu je la..shopping2, tetibe jumpe pulak grand bazaar tu..frustrated!..we spent less than an hour kat ctu..barang sah2 lagi murah and grand bazaar sgt besar..ade around 30+ pintu masuk..memang ajaib kalau tak sesat..haha..

Lunch..kebab lagi~..heaven!..^______^

Anyway..lepas shopping akt grand bazaar, tak sempat nk carik spice bazaar, terus bergegas pegi kedai yang jual turkish delight. Kata orang kalo pegi turkey tak rasa turkish delight dia rugi la..that's why carik jugak turkish delight..kedai sebelah ktorang punye accommodation..tapi harga die berkali ganda lagi mahal dari kat spice bazaar..>.<..redha je la.sape suruh tak pegi spice bazaar kan..*sigh*..tak sempat..

The famous Turkish Delight!

Begitulah ceritanya ktorang dekat istanbul~other than that, makan sangat senang..cumanya yang tak bestnya istanbul ni, although it is an islamic country, botol arak tu memang merata2 jual, dah macam botol air masak pun ye..sedih bila tgk orang islam sendiri minum arak..sume gara-gara kamal al-tartuk lanatullah..=.=

Hagia sophia from the outside.

Ayran =.tak sedap..>.<..basically air yogurt+salt. It is a tradisional drink of turkish people. Nak try pun boleh.

The other thing i notice is perempuan2 dekat turkey ni dorang suke pakai tudung tak tak lipat, if u are a girl, u know what i mean right..tak lipat tudung kat tepi pipi tu..and dorang suka pakai skirt rather than seluar..kalo nmpk perempaun turkey pakai seluar tu agak pelik la..dorang pun pandang pelik ktorang yang tak pakai skirt ni..huhu..and their dressing sangat fashionista~..macam nk pegi dinner(the ladies)..i wish i have one those dress/skirt...rase nk pegi turkey balik shopping..>__<

Anyway, ktorang dapat la belajar beberapa perkataan turkey mase wat tour dalam bus tu..antaranya~

Stadyumu = stadium~

Muzesi = museum

Sarayi = palace

Erm..communication sgt horror..memang kebanyakan dorang tak reti cakap english..majority, even peniaga kedai2 pun..n orang2nya, those yang ktorang encounter setakat ktorangg 3 hari kt istanbul tu, sgt kasar..contohnyaaa..dorang marah betul kalo orang selerak-selerakkan baju untuk dipilih..biasa la kan kalo nk shopping selendang, mesti la pilih-pilih, dorang tak bagi, memang kene tengok je kalo boleh, annoying gile seriously, tak customer-friendly!..at least ni kedai yang i went to la..even kat grand bazar tu,haihh...bad memoriess flooding~~..sabar je la..sampaikan smpai skg nk pegi primark(kat cni punye kedai) pun nk pilih baju jadi takut..>.< contoh ke-2 : ade ke orang kat kedai mkn tu tak bagi ktorang cancel mknn yg ktorang tak nak??dah la pushy gile..eeii..geramnyela kalo igt..haih..saba naimah...>.<..anyway itu je la yang tak bestnya pasal orang kat turkey, terlampau pushy and rude. Ade je yang baek tapi u won't get that once u said this-->discount?..memang tak dpt..unless pak cik or mak cik bebetul baik or u beli banyak kat kedai die..
Ni vids ktorang..hehe

Topkapi palace..

Keluar dari topkapi palace..

This is Hagia sophia..^^

Enough about istanbul..next...kusadasi..
KUSADASI..

kusadasi sangat best!..seriously..best!!..nak tau kenape?..next entry keh..tak tau la bile next entry tu akan pop up tapinye..huhu..XD..see ya..gudnite..^^

Annyeong..(^^)/












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