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| In the afternoon, Elif needed to prepare for her classes the next day, so I took bus 8E to the end of line, the Kadikoy ferries. Above is an older municipal bus. There are also private company buses which are generally even older but which take the same transit card. You can charge the transit card and use it to pay most any fare. I was able to borrow Elif's mom's transit card as she doesn't travel much (how sweet of her). I then looked for signs for the ferry and saw one for Eminonu and Kadikoy which I tool (2 TL) shown above and here. It turns out this was a private express ferry (Turyol), but still quite reasonably priced. The express ferry had a really quick ramp system where they just touched the bow of the ferry to the dock and people hopped across as you can see in this video. In Eminonu there was also the Spice Bizaar shown below. Many vendors approached and tried to see me something (often safron), but there were also many Turkish shoppers so the prices seemed good. I got an electrical plug there for just 1 TL, about 60 cents. |
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| In Eminonu there were lots of old buildings. Above is an old building which had been converted in a WC (or bathroom). There was also the Yeni mosque shown above, here and below. Istanbul has over a thousand mosques. |
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| Behind the Yeni Mosque there was what I seem to remember as a Sultan's mausoleum (above), but as I can't find it in a guidebook, I could be wrong. Also above is the Galata Bridge which crosses an arm of the Bosphorous called the Golden Arm (it sort of like a really long and thin bay) and takes you to Kadakoy. Here is a picture of the traffic on the highway after the Galata Bridge. First time out I walked over a block before I got to a light which allowed me to cross the highway to the rest of Eminonu. However, I later learned that there are usually underpasses when they put of the barriers to prevent pedestrian traffic. Below is a picture of the shops that occupy such underpasses. Some of the underpass shopping areas are quite extensive. On the Kadakoy side I found a power adapter for my notebook for only $37, an OK price even by US standards. I was happy as I had left my power adapter at home (even though it was on my check list of things to bring). Doh! In a similar fashion, under the Galata Bridge for most of the way there were restaurants (below). |
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This page was last updated on March 13, 2012.
