Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Chasing a blue dream in Turkey -- Day 5.5
I arrived at Fethiye this morning and took a 12 islands trip during the day. The sunlight was good. This is the second time I saw the sea is blue like that. Just wanna stay there forever if time can be stopped. Need to get some rest. Too tired these days.
Chasing a blue dream in Turkey -- Day 4.5
I said I would upload some pics taking from hot air ballon. Here we go.
The view is fantastic during the sunrise period and hundreds of hot air balloons were in the air at the same time. This is the best experience ever.
After that, actually, I've seen all of the area. So just rented a scooter and chill. Also pretty good but hot. It's the first time I know scooters can be driven that fast.
On the night bus to Fethiye, I met a Turkish guy sitting right next to me. He is a student in a university and can speak some English. As his guest, I had two cups of free tea. This let me think actually Turkish people are really hospitable without being related to any money. He taught me Islam especially the life in heaven. Pretty good knowledge.
The view is fantastic during the sunrise period and hundreds of hot air balloons were in the air at the same time. This is the best experience ever.
After that, actually, I've seen all of the area. So just rented a scooter and chill. Also pretty good but hot. It's the first time I know scooters can be driven that fast.
On the night bus to Fethiye, I met a Turkish guy sitting right next to me. He is a student in a university and can speak some English. As his guest, I had two cups of free tea. This let me think actually Turkish people are really hospitable without being related to any money. He taught me Islam especially the life in heaven. Pretty good knowledge.
Monday, 20 August 2012
Chasing a blue dream in Turkey -- Day 3.5
Today, I arrived at Cappadocia, the middle area of Turkey.
Actually, I didn't get me destination and was called to get off to change another bus. This turned out to be the intention of a travel agency. I bought a ticket from here to the next stop as the assistance of the agency. But when I get on the bus, I found out the mistake on departure date. I thought it was may be a small mistake, however a couple also met some thing weird on their ticket. FUCK YOU ROCK TOWN travel agency! In the end, as the concern about the reputation, the contractor's owner helped me change a new and direct ticket. That the bright side. Wasted more than one hour on the ticket issue. This made me miss the robust information system in UK.
With the bad mood, I took a green tour to walk around the far places of the area. I know I don't like traveling with tour guide. But I can only accept this in an immature transportation system country. In the end, the car was broken , which consumed 2 hours on the road with doing nothing. This also made me miss the sunset period for taking pics. Sigh. What can I say?
Look at the bright side. Met 3 japanese , 3 Korean, 2 Australian during the trip. They are quite nice. Pretty happy meeting them and talking with them. I just love the international environment! I'm gonna miss it two weeks later.
Sorry, there is no pic for today. Tmr I'll arrange myself. Will definitely upload afterwards. Need to do the hot air ballon in the early morning or sunrise. Gotta sleep soon. :)
Actually, I didn't get me destination and was called to get off to change another bus. This turned out to be the intention of a travel agency. I bought a ticket from here to the next stop as the assistance of the agency. But when I get on the bus, I found out the mistake on departure date. I thought it was may be a small mistake, however a couple also met some thing weird on their ticket. FUCK YOU ROCK TOWN travel agency! In the end, as the concern about the reputation, the contractor's owner helped me change a new and direct ticket. That the bright side. Wasted more than one hour on the ticket issue. This made me miss the robust information system in UK.
With the bad mood, I took a green tour to walk around the far places of the area. I know I don't like traveling with tour guide. But I can only accept this in an immature transportation system country. In the end, the car was broken , which consumed 2 hours on the road with doing nothing. This also made me miss the sunset period for taking pics. Sigh. What can I say?
Look at the bright side. Met 3 japanese , 3 Korean, 2 Australian during the trip. They are quite nice. Pretty happy meeting them and talking with them. I just love the international environment! I'm gonna miss it two weeks later.
Sorry, there is no pic for today. Tmr I'll arrange myself. Will definitely upload afterwards. Need to do the hot air ballon in the early morning or sunrise. Gotta sleep soon. :)
Sunday, 19 August 2012
Chasing a blue dream in Turkey-- Day 2.5
Well, today is pretty hot in Istanbul. I didn't realise this is Sunday and most of the restaurants were closed. Haven't had a decent meal.
I went to another part of istanbul today. It's new, but still quite untidy.its really hard to find a city as modern as big cities in china. Frankfort? I'll find that out in the future.
This afternoon, I went along the coastline of the old part of Istanbul. Aegean is sooo blue. Sitting by the see and felt like sinking in the dark blue world. I got the feeling from a Chinese poet. He wrote like, facing the sea and feeling the spring. It's warm and full of flower.
I'm on the night bus right now. The night bus is shaking so hard. A turkish guy looked like Javier Hernandez siting next to me helps me to find a toilet. Coz the staff on the bus can't speak Really nice guy, but cant speak english. Otherwise I'm gonna talk to him whole night. Google tranlate is the only tool now. Gotta have some rest. Good night everyone!
I went to another part of istanbul today. It's new, but still quite untidy.its really hard to find a city as modern as big cities in china. Frankfort? I'll find that out in the future.
This afternoon, I went along the coastline of the old part of Istanbul. Aegean is sooo blue. Sitting by the see and felt like sinking in the dark blue world. I got the feeling from a Chinese poet. He wrote like, facing the sea and feeling the spring. It's warm and full of flower.
I'm on the night bus right now. The night bus is shaking so hard. A turkish guy looked like Javier Hernandez siting next to me helps me to find a toilet. Coz the staff on the bus can't speak Really nice guy, but cant speak english. Otherwise I'm gonna talk to him whole night. Google tranlate is the only tool now. Gotta have some rest. Good night everyone!
Saturday, 18 August 2012
Chasing a blue dream in Turkey -- Day 1.5
Since I forgot to update my blog yesterday, think I'll just combine these two days.
I arrived at Istanbul around 5.00 pm in Turkish time zone on 17th. So far, I've visited most of the famous places of the city. Blue mosque, my favorite and some temples and palaces. I can't remember those names. I did the cruise and climbed to the highest point of the city for some pics today. Quite tired for a whole day walking.
I pretty like the city actually. There are loads of meat. Costs are cheaper than Europe. I found good high platforms for taking pics. I'll share my favorite two pics in Istanbul at the end of this blog.
In ads and songs, this is a country of blue color. But I haven't found anything related to it. Maybe I need more time to find out. Or maybe it's a country of white color with a sweaty Max in my mind.
I will keep uploading about my trip and drinking more water. Need to catch a night train tmr. Later! :)
I arrived at Istanbul around 5.00 pm in Turkish time zone on 17th. So far, I've visited most of the famous places of the city. Blue mosque, my favorite and some temples and palaces. I can't remember those names. I did the cruise and climbed to the highest point of the city for some pics today. Quite tired for a whole day walking.
I pretty like the city actually. There are loads of meat. Costs are cheaper than Europe. I found good high platforms for taking pics. I'll share my favorite two pics in Istanbul at the end of this blog.
In ads and songs, this is a country of blue color. But I haven't found anything related to it. Maybe I need more time to find out. Or maybe it's a country of white color with a sweaty Max in my mind.
I will keep uploading about my trip and drinking more water. Need to catch a night train tmr. Later! :)
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
Check check check
It's July already. Time to review last month's plan and conceive a new one for the rest days before my leave.
Allright, start with review.
1. Improve myself to be more employable.
Got decent CV and covering letter. Thanks for the help from Scarlett. CHECK!
2. Have a trip to Scarlett's hometown.
Have a great time there and knew several new friends. They are quite nice. CHECK!
3. Read a book.
It's about Critical Chain, related to the topic of my dissertation. Not what I intended to read actually, but it's a book anyway. CHECK!
4. Go to gym to loss a bit weight.
This is the tricky one with my weak knees. FAIL!
5. Work hard and be nice to people.
Yep! but need to work harder. CHECK!
Next one, the new plan.
1. Finish my dissertation before 1st August.
2. Visit Sherri in Loughborough.
3. Go to swim to be fit.
4. Apply some companies early August.
5. Visit William in Belfast if he can get the offer.
6. Visit William in Liverpool. SUIT UP!
7. Apply Turkish visa in london and have dinner with two of my friends.
8. Go to turkey with William.
9. Throw a great party and get drunk with my best friends.
10. Go back to China safely.
11. Still work hard and be nice to people.
Let me check these when I get back to china. Fingers crossed.
Wish you, readers, can be happy everyday. :)
Allright, start with review.
1. Improve myself to be more employable.
Got decent CV and covering letter. Thanks for the help from Scarlett. CHECK!
2. Have a trip to Scarlett's hometown.
Have a great time there and knew several new friends. They are quite nice. CHECK!
3. Read a book.
It's about Critical Chain, related to the topic of my dissertation. Not what I intended to read actually, but it's a book anyway. CHECK!
4. Go to gym to loss a bit weight.
This is the tricky one with my weak knees. FAIL!
5. Work hard and be nice to people.
Yep! but need to work harder. CHECK!
Next one, the new plan.
1. Finish my dissertation before 1st August.
2. Visit Sherri in Loughborough.
3. Go to swim to be fit.
4. Apply some companies early August.
5. Visit William in Belfast if he can get the offer.
6. Visit William in Liverpool. SUIT UP!
7. Apply Turkish visa in london and have dinner with two of my friends.
8. Go to turkey with William.
9. Throw a great party and get drunk with my best friends.
10. Go back to China safely.
11. Still work hard and be nice to people.
Let me check these when I get back to china. Fingers crossed.
Wish you, readers, can be happy everyday. :)
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