New Photos – Istanbul

We made it through Asia! Istanbul is where east meets west, where the continents of Europe and Asia collide… or breakaway depending on your point of view I guess. We spent a handful of days in Istanbul checking out the sights and trying to get some work done on the trucks but sadly it was also where we said goodbye to Karie who had been with us for over a month and to Greg whom we had met in Georgia. Fortunately, Steve and I would not be alone for long as our friend Mark was flying into Istanbul to join up with us for the rest of the expedition.

Not to worry, the Aya Sofia mosque and old Istanbul is where we needed to beAfter six weeks on the road with TWBR, it was Karie’s last day with us in Istanbul Karie makes faces before her next to next last meal with TWBR while Greg actually decides if it is a good place to eatNo matter where you are in Istanbul, there is always something to look atWe don’t know if the photo was any good, but Karie definitely learned some style while she was with TWBRThe Blue Mosque looks pretty sweet at night tooLooks like we missed the turn for modern Istanbul Karie’s last meal with TWBRKarie’s last meal was a Turkish delightWe took the trucks to a Toyota dealer in Istanbul, but from the looks on their faces, we knew finding a new window for the SequoAs it turns out, we broke a leaf spring, probably somewhere on the road from hell in KazakhstanThe Tundra was riding a little funny so we had them take a lookTo many people, the Tundra looks like a spaceship and at Toyota Istanbul, it was no different Greg left shortly after Karie, as did Bouey’s moustache, and it was back to just the Steve’s Sultanahmet or The Blue Mosque is one of the largest in IstanbuAccording to Bouey, the Blue Mosque is this bigThese porters were lining up to take big screen TV’s up the street on their backs!This bridge in Istanbul is famous for attracting a lot of fishermenPeople hang out all day on the bridge to chat, gossip and occasionally fishEither these are bait fish or you guys have fished this place dryI guess you can consider fishing to be a form of huntingFishermen line the bridge with the Yeni Cami or New Mosque in the backgroundThere is literally standing room only on the bridge from end to end