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Turkish Summer Vacation [Part 7-End]: The Memorable (Yet Troubled) End of Journey

This is the last part of the "Turkish Summer Vacation" series I posted beginning from this August, covering the final closing of the vacation after the last day of the tour. Friday, 6 July 2012 (Evening) After our last dinner, we boarded our bus which would bring us to Atatürk International Airport. However, we got a surprise here. Before boarding the bus, I saw the owner of the restaurant where we had last dinner talking with several youths of our groups on the façade of the restaurant, in Indonesian language! It turned out that he was a volunteer stationed in Indonesia for several years and had been in several cities in Indonesia. No wonder he spoke fluent Indonesian. And the surprise was that that man joined us on board, without anyone knowing before Ümit introduced him to the rest of us. His name was Murat. Ümit let Murat took over him to speak in front of all of us. Here, Murat introduced himself and his background, in Indonesian, definitely. It turned out t