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God corner. Last week I was walking in Brooklyn and I came across this. One corner was a church, diagonally across was some kind of Asian figure, and the third corner had another church, more modern with a statuette just stuck to the building. If only the entire world was functioning so harmoniously as this intersection! #triprecap #brooklynlife #godcorner #mixharmoniously #shirleyworld2021 (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP44QN8thZl/?utm_medium=tumblr

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We love lazy days in hammocks @popbeachclub - Lagos Repost from @bidsingraceland @TopRankRepost #TopRankRepost #HappyEaster! here's me chilling like a villain at @popbeachclub in Ilashe! Full #triprecap on the blog now! #TravelTuesday #travelblogger #travelgram #travelstories #seekafrica #travel #travelblog #unravellingnigeria #beach #wanderlust #explore

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Arm yourselves Lagos Repost from @bidsingraceland @TopRankRepost #TopRankRepost Kayak ninjas! #Triprecap is up on the blog! So much fun with @mrsanani and @nothingtodoinlagos #tbt #travelblogger #africa #africanblog #africanblogger #africantourism #blog #blogger #lagos #kayaking #kayak #nigeria #nigerianblog #nigerianblogger #nigeriantourism #travel #travelblog #travelblogger #travelnigeria #tourism #tourismblog #tourismblogger #tourisminnigeria #unravellingnigeria (at Lagos State)

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Istanbul Recap

I’ve been meaning to put up a recap of the trip to Turkey, so here it is! We visited Istanbul for about 4 days before we headed back to the good ole USA. I’ve bulleted my highlights below.

Visiting Istanbul in January means “VERY COLD” – not Polar Vortex cold like we just had here in the States - but still cold

English is NO ONE’s 1st language - it might not even be their 2nd or 3rd – but as long as you stick to some touristy areas your fine

I have now made a vow to never eat pizza internationally ever again! Here’s the story – After eating mainly Indian food for 2 weeks we were pretty excited to eat something other than Biryani, Manchurian or Sandwiches.  We found a cute Italian restaurant in Istanbul’s “posh/douchey” area and had what appeared to be just a regular Margarita pizza…WRONG – What followed was 4 days of agonizing pain.  For the remainder of the time, I pretty much just ate toast! Jaykishan got sick too but his stomach is clearly a lot stronger than mine so he was fine by day two.  We all know how I work.  Sadly, I experienced the rest of Istanbul in a much more reserved way. 

Turkish Tea!! The one thing that I found my stomach could handle after the pizza incident was a nice little cup of Turkish Tea! I’m addicted! I even bought some back with me! Cups and saucers and all!  I do need to work on my tea skills though, I attempted making it for Arjun when he came over – everything short of an epic fail but he gave me some for points for making an effort.

History, history, history, so much amazing history in this city – yes, places like India have way more history but it’s nice to go and experience the history of other countries and cultures.  We visited Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Grand Bazaar, Spice Bazaar and a few other places. Each and everyone was so incredible. I tried to catch every detail that I could on my camera. 

Istanbul was filled with a lot of “Once in a lifetime” type of moments so I’ve made another blog post to details those… more to come!