Now, I'm in Istanbul. It was very tiring shitting a tiny seat in airplanes for 18hours total. However, i didn't get bad jedlag because the fright in this time was going clockwise.

イスタンブールに戻って参りました。計約18時間の飛行はかなりしんどかったです。でも今回は西回りだったから時差ぼけはほとんどないみたい。




I put all peace of bike together at the Istanbul airport and headed to the center. After cycling awhile, the blue mosque has been appeared. I re-recognized that it is a very beautiful thing.
空港で自転車を組み立てて、シルケジ方向に向かってゆくと正面にブルーモスクが現れ、戻ってきた事を実感した。やはりブルーモスクは威厳があり美しい。


When I first came to Istanbul 4month ago, it was winter. It was cold, cloudy and raining. Those weather made a something special atmosphere in this special place. However, in this time, I'm in middle of spring. The weather is not too cold and warm. Looks the best for cycling.
4ヶ月前にイスタンブールに到着した時は、いつも天気はどんよりで寒いし、スッキリしないイメージだった。あれはあれで、風情があってまぁ良かったけど、今回は春真っ盛り。新緑が瑞々しくて天気もポカポカ。自転車を転がすには最高だ。



I stopped a restaurant and had a world famous Istanbul fish sandwich.
早速途中で見付けたレストランでイスタンブール名物の鯖サンド。



Turkish are very friendly. Some men waved their hands and said hello to me. I had thought before that It was normal people saying hello to me during cycling. After away from islam country for awhile now, those hospitality, especially Islam country feels me very relaxed. I like Islam country very much.
陽気なトルコ人のおじさん達。道ですれ違いに「アリョー」と手を振られたりする。4ヶ月前はこれが当たり前だった。今となるとこのイスラム圏独特の暖かい感じが心地良い。やはりイスラム圏好きだな～