Onlookers,
Day 1 (14122014)
The three most eligible bachelors, started our journey started our journey early (unlike most times 😅) at 1730 KL time. We rode a taxi to KLIA for a fee of RM65.00. We were scheduled to meet Miss Hanim, the ground manager, for flight check in at 2000. After that, the 12 hours flight (TK61) took off at 2330 local time (GMT +8).
Turkish airline has a wide selection of entertainment. I managed to watch 3
movies that i missed on cinema (Secret life of Walter Mitty, Life of Pi & Sucker Punch). Looking forward to watch Benjamin Button on the return flight. 😁 We had two meals which were good. However, there were a few things lacking in this flight were, unfriendly hostesses, small leg space and the way they distributed bread were as if giving it to the homeless 😖.

We arrived at 0430 (GMT +2), 1 hour ahead of schedule. The landing was superb!
Day 2 (15122014)
It was 9 degrees celcius in Istanbul when we landed. There was nothing extraordinary about the airport but i was quite surprised of the lax of immigration security (given the current ISIS scare). No visa required and no declaration document needed to be filled upon arrival.
We had our subuh prayers at a nearby mosque and boarded the wifi-equipped tour bus along with 33 others heading to Bursa at 0600
It was a foggy day, and the ride to Bursa took 3.5 hours including a 40 minutes ferry ride across Marble Sea.
On board the ferry, we ate bazlama (a kebab bread fillled with salami and cheese and drank sahlep, i hot, sweet, creamy beverage.
In Bursa, we visited 2 places namely the Green mosque and the Green tomb, both constructed around 1421 by Sultan Belthazor (spell check required😅). We strolled towards a nearby pastry house and bought some delicacies and Turkish delight. Lunch was held at Yuce Hunkar at 11.30. We had Iskandar kebab and caramel pudding which were surprisingly delish!

We then headed to the grand mosque (ulu cami) at 12.30, and was told about the tales of 20 domes by our guide. Belthazor once vowed, that if he won the war, he will build 20 mosques, and when he did, he was dumbfounded about the location of all these mosques. The idea of this 20-domed mosques were proposed by one of his scholars.
Beside the mosque was a huge bazaar called Silk Bazaar. It was neverending with multiple sections including shoes, jeweleries and fresh market. The merchants there are fierce looking but not demanding/forcing. We only saw beggars towards the end of the walk.
We checked in at Kervansaray Hotel at 2.30pm and rested our tired bodies. Dinner at 7pm was at the hotel and it was also superb. Luckily that all of us were calorie conscious now, so we dont eat that much anymore. (Aging process, perhaps…🙊).

The night walk around the hotel area was our final activity before we called it a day. The cold breeze was biting into our skin and therefore we rushed back to the hotel.
Cant wait for whats next! 😊👍