Thursday, May 22, 2025

Part 3 : Turkey - A Religious Adventure

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Here I am to continue sharing my another adventure, a religious adventure to a country that in Indonesia quite famous with its city called Cappadocia, yes its Turkey

So after finishing the Umrah, the group is continue to hit Turkey, leaving Jeddah on April 19th around afternoon and arrived at Turkey in the evening (4 hours flight). During the tour, there was a guide that accompany the group and his name is Hakan, lets called him Hakan, as I forgot his complete name 😆

On the way to the hotel, we had dinner, and the main menu was kind of burger without the bread, just the meat and served with rice and salad, the taste was ok, not bad.
After dinner, then to continue to the hotel as its getting late, and yet most of the group member was very happy because the hotel was good, a level of 5 stars hotel....or I think, it was like studio apart, super!!



D-2 Yasss, finally I will have chance to visit Hagia Sophia, the museum that now turn into a mosque. However, before to hit this mosque, got chance as well to visit the Tulip garden, as the season still spring (perhaps) and flowers were flowering. The garden I must admit, it was beautiful with colorful Tulips everywhere, feel like you're in Amsterdam 😂


In Hagia Sophia the group was lucky to have chance to praying Ashar in the mosque, even I bit disappointed because not having chance to see another parts of Hagia Sophia, I guess the museum area because its paid entrance, I dont mint to pay, but I cannot separate my self from to group tho, as we need to always stay together, anyway its OK, at least the main goal to pray inside the Hagia Sophia was happen, Alhamdulillah


The rest of the adventure, the group was also visit; Blue Mosque, Green Mosgue (Bursa), having chance for Bosphorus cruise, to shop at spices market and hang around at Taksim Square.
In overall, again this is my personal opinion and from my point of view, I think the hospitality manner compare to Bali, Bali is better, especially when you are shopping at local market. And the food, the main course mostly wasnt meet my taste, except the dessert, their dessert taste is good...very good


Not really interested to go back to Turkey again, well for now, but who knows later I change my mind. Still, Alhamdulillah for the opportunity to visit Turkey, and Allah smoothen all the journey from Medina, Mecca, and Turkey and back to Indonesia...even though I bring the cough home, well the weather was challenging during the journey and lucky to get sick after tho and not during the trip 😉

ILY Allah SWT
--It is about time, He will make your dreams happen in His ways--

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Part 3 : Turkey - A Religious Adventure

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim Here I am to continue sharing my another adventure, a religious adventure to a country that in Indonesia quite famo...