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Interesting stuff in Istanbul

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you can find lots of interesting stuff in Istanbul. There are many different kinds of people living here, many different kinds of cuisine and many different cultural things to experience. If you go to the different sections of the city you will find there are different kinds of people living there. I found one such area where the Uyghur people evidently live and work and where you can find that kind of local food.

he looks like he’s some kind of religious individual communicating with a very modern tool
an interesting hallway which leads to some market area
Early foundation highlighted in front of the restaurant
at the shop, the guy stirring some thing is actually ice cream and he plays a game with customers who come to buy at his shop which is kind of interesting
A celebration of the Republic of Turkey
The explanation below will tell you what this is, a commemorative monument for the republic
I have heard of different time zones but this is a little ridiculous
Going up to a rooftop café has some interesting memorabilia on the way up
Delicious ice cream with sweet caramel inside
A view of Istanbul from the top of the café
More memorabilia
Many of the streets are very narrow
This is the Taksim area which is seemingly the place where Turkish people love to come and go shopping even though it is an international market area. It’s very alive, has some great Turkish restaurants at reasonable prices and has some interesting places to eat and drink from all over the world. There were two very good Thai restaurants here which were related
This is a delivery motorcycle but unlike many places in Europe and theBalkans Honda seems to be doing very good business here especially with the PCX model, the same model I drove around Thailand
The restaurant with the food below
This is Uyghur food. You’re probably familiar with that place which China has claimed is part of the communist China regime.
InTaksim they have a cable car which runs up and down the street and is very popular with a tourist. It runs by electricity as you can see with the cables above and not like in San Francisco where that one has pulled by the cables under the ground. This one goes very slow so pedestrians can get out of the way
National symbols on a building
A shop in the Uyghur part of town newly opened
All Tea in Turkey is served in the shaped glass. It’s difficult to drop it but it is still hot when you first get it so kind of hard to grab onto when it’s so hot
This is another Uyghur food

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_cuisine

I just like the architecture of the mosques
Among theInteresting stuff in Istanbul the sheep’s foot on the lower right is attached to the garbage truck. What he is pulling out of the ground, that giant thing, is a garbage can which can hold a lot of garbage and only needs to pick up every so often. I found this to be an interesting way to manage garbage. And I’m guessing there aren’t too many rats because there are millions of cats.
Dumping the garbage can from the bottom which opens up
My third and final Uyghur food
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