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Turkey Summer Vacation [Part 1]: Istanbul, modern now, classical back then

Let me share my summer vacation experience this year to Turkey. This trip was done as family trip with my parents and my younger sister. Actually, I am the one who encouraged the destination to be Turkey and we originally planned this as a Christmas vacation last year, but considering the weather condition during winter, we postponed it to the next summer, i.e. this summer. We joined a tour based in Jakarta scheduled from 28 June to 7 July 2012 and flew Turkish Airlines flight TK 67 from Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Istanbul Atatürk International Airport via Singapore Changi Airport. But wait, have I said in my previous post that I am now based in Singapore for my research? Yes, indeed, and on my research program, I still need to work during vacation period and need leave permission for vacation trips. Would joining the flight from Singapore be better? Maybe, but I still need to "go home" for trip preparation and although originally I was to stop at C...