Istanbul – Bosphorus Cruise

Here is gallery 3/4. We arrived in Istanbul mid-day and after a long and sweaty cab ride to the hotel (the driver relied on Google maps which kept telling him to go down pedestrian-only streets). Crystal, being the superb trip planner that she is had arranged a cruise on the Bosphorus1 in our own private yacht. Having dinner on the boat while we sailed up and down the Bosphorus was a real treat – we even got to see dolphins playing in front of the boat though it was too dark and precarious to get any pictures.

Nile Cruise, Aswan and Abu Simbel

The Nile cruise was amazing – a very comfortable boat with great food and periodic stops to see amazing sites.