Solo travellers should be extra vigilant here
You may be trapped, even by a beautiful girl...
I am going towards the music
This is called Dondurma, a Turkish icecream
Yesterday the person from my hostel offered it to me
I am enjoying the hospitality of Turkey
The Hostel staff also helped me to upload a video by sharing his mobile internet
actually the hostel's internet connection was quite weak
Yesterday he offered me Dondurma
This costs somewhere between 5 to 20 Liras
This is Istiklal street
This is one of the happening areas of Istanbul
If you are also looking for a place to hang out during the evenings, come here and just enjoy it like me
I am going to check the mobile tariffs in this Vodafone store
Vodafone is Quite expensive - 6GB for 200 Lira whereas Turkcell was offering 6 GB data for just 120 Liras
120 Lira equals 1300 INR approx
This place was suggested by my hotel staff
You can enjoy Dondurma and do a lot of activities at this place
Take a stroll like me and watch people from around the world on this street
They were from Cyprus
We chatted on various topics including Bollywood and Aamir Khan
They striked the conversation from where are you..
He said something about India
He said... We watch Bollywood movies in Cyprus
It was a friendly chat session, but now....
I am going to share something very important
The staff from my hotel Dongyang shared some Dos and Donts about this city
The thing which I am going to say now actually striked in mind after I met these people
but this doesn't mean that I am defaming these 2 tourists
If you are a solo traveller...
then this is for you
You just saw both of them
the way they behaved at the end made me suspicious
they wanted me to have drinks with them
the hostel guys had already informed me about such people
they said that such people target solo travellers.
most of the time you will meet them at popular place like this
Even a beautiful girl may approach you to have a drink with her
and if you accept their offer and drink with them
you may have to pay a hefty amount for the bill at the end
that may be over 2000-3000 Liras
So please be careful. I was said to be careful
How all this started!!
while I was walking
they approached me and asked for a cigarette lighter
They asked me in Turkish
Probably they wanted to check I am a foreigner or local!
I said, I am not a Turkish, I dont have a cigarette
this way they stroked the conversation
we chatted about India and Bollywood
and then they just vanished
my hotel guys told me earlier that these guys will pretend themselves as a tourist
If both of them were genuine people, then I don't have any bad intentions about them
I am just sharing an example to make you people careful
So please dont take it otherwise
Its better to catch a Funicular to visit Istiklal street or Taksim square as they are located at a height
while coming back you can walk down
This is what my hotel staff suggested
now while coming back I didn't go back to Taksim Square as I wanted to explore these randon streets
A couple was talking in Hindi
I turned back to look at them and they also did the same when they heard me speaking in Hindi
It feels good. Isnt it!
However, in comparison to Bangkok, Malaysia, Singpore etc less Indian tourists visit Istanbul
This is the European part of Istanbul
I am in this part since I landed here
The Asian part of Istanbul is not that happening as the European part is
Most of the tourist places are located at 'Golden Horn'
the same place where I am staying right now
where I am staying...!
I forgot the name!
If you want to experience the ferry ride then I would recommend this ferry
You can pay by using your Istanbulkart
Just pay 2.5 Lira and reach the other side of Istanbul called Uskudar
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