Feb. 10
Today I travelled with two friends of mine to the Asian side of Istanbul. Getting there was quite a journey. We took a dolmuş from Koç to Sarıyer and then another dolmuş from Sarıyer to Beşiktaş and then we took a ferry from Beşiktaş to Üsküdar. One of my friends insisted that we could take a ferry from Üsküdar to the other place on the Asian where we wanted to go, so we got on another ferry. It was only when we were halfway on the water that we noticed that the Asian side seemed to be getting smaller and the European side larger. Oops!
As soon as we landed, we had to jump on another ferry to take back to Üsküdar, which was mildly embarrassing. Fortunately for us, a Turkish Koç student who was friends with my friends felt bad for us and picked us up in his car. We then drove past Üsküdar and closer to an area called Kadikoy, which is almost a mini-Taksim, with a lot of upscale shops, restaurants, and hang-out places.
We had lunch at a restaurant and then went over to a nargile (hooka) bar to smoke and to just hang out. One of my friends played the Turkish student at a couple games of backgammon, which apparently is the thing to do when you're smoking nargile in Turkey. After a few hours of hanging out, our Turkish friend drove us back to the ferries, where we took our forth ferry of the day to get back to Europe!
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