TRAVELLIVE 04-2016
Istanbul, the first days of spring… I’m warming myself in the sun on a café’s balcony in the Old Town. The sunbeams are as stunning as the fine strands of newly reeled silk. Meanwhile the old oak trees give their morning greeting to the glossy stone road as their red-brown leaves gently fall. The Old Town is still half-asleep, like a lazy girl who’s turned off her alarm after ringing the first time. Sunlight visits each street, dancing happily on passers-by’s shoulders, making the atmosphere more intimate to me – the traveler’s first time here. I feel more amorous in Istanbul. I’m enchanted by everything, from sweet lokum to the light sour ice-cream with ground ice on top, or from the gorgeous domes of hundreds of mosques and palaces to their uniquely designed windows, and from the discreet eyes of Muslim girls to the multitude of boards and posters with the images of Besiktas – the city’s legendary football team. I have fallen in love with Bosphorus Bay since the first time seeing the seagulls hovering in the open sky, creating invisible strings that connect the two continents – Asia and Europe. The clear blue sky is reflected on the deep blue sea, giving me tranquility. I drop my last Lira into the water of the Bosphorus, not to make a wish, but in hopes that they will preserve my memories here. And somehow, the water currents might bring them somewhere else to be found by me again, or might accidentally be stumbled upon by a boy who is playing with sand on a sunny beach. Tomorrow, I will go to Grand Bazzar, buy some postcards, and write something to leave beneath the sun near a mosque before sending them to some friends of mine. I do hope that these postcards, together with the coins, will inspire and attract more visitors to this land. Uhm… will you come there?
Istanbul, the first days of spring…
I’m warming myself in the sun on a café’s balcony in the Old Town. The sunbeams are as stunning as the fine strands of newly reeled silk. Meanwhile the old oak trees give their morning greeting to the glossy stone road as their red-brown leaves gently fall. The Old Town is still half-asleep, like a lazy girl who’s turned off her alarm after ringing the first time. Sunlight visits each street, dancing happily on passers-by’s shoulders, making the atmosphere more intimate to me – the traveler’s first time here.
I feel more amorous in Istanbul. I’m enchanted by everything, from sweet lokum to the light sour ice-cream with ground ice on top, or from the gorgeous domes of hundreds of mosques and palaces to their uniquely designed windows, and from the discreet eyes of Muslim girls to the multitude of boards and posters with the images of Besiktas – the city’s legendary football team.
I have fallen in love with Bosphorus Bay since the first time seeing the seagulls hovering in the open sky, creating invisible strings that connect the two continents – Asia and Europe. The clear blue sky is reflected on the deep blue sea, giving me tranquility. I drop my last Lira into the water of the Bosphorus, not to make a wish, but in hopes that they will preserve my memories here. And somehow, the water currents might bring them somewhere else to be found by me again, or might accidentally be stumbled upon by a boy who is playing with sand on a sunny beach.
Tomorrow, I will go to Grand Bazzar, buy some postcards, and write something to leave beneath the sun near a mosque before sending them to some friends of mine. I do hope that these postcards, together with the coins, will inspire and attract more visitors to this land. Uhm… will you come there?
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Travellive GUIDE<br />
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Ch› Minh Æi Istanbul, qu∏<br />
c∂nh tπi Bangkok, Æ’n s©n<br />
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Airlines ch›nh th¯c mÎ<br />
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HÂ Ch› Minh vµ Hµ NÈi Æi<br />
Istanbul<br />
ü Hµ NÈi - Istanbul 2<br />
chuy’n/ tu«n vµo Th¯ Hai,<br />
Th¯ T≠, khÎi hµnh 16h50,<br />
Æ’n n¨i 5h20 ngµy h´m sau<br />
ü Tp. HÂ Ch› Minh 1<br />
chuy’n/ngµy, khÎi hµnh<br />
20h25, Æ’n n¨i 5h20 ngµy<br />
h´m sau<br />
ü ß∆t vä tr˘c tuy’n qua<br />
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com ho∆c Æ∆t mua tr˘c ti’p<br />
tπi Phng vä Turkish Airlines<br />
Visa<br />
ü ThÊ Nh‹ K˙ c†p visa<br />
online (eVisa) cho hÈ chi’u<br />
cn hi÷u l˘c visa c∏c n≠Ìc<br />
thuÈc khËi OECD. Ph› 50<br />
USD<br />
ü Visa th´ng th≠Íng ph›<br />
60 USD gˆi h s¨ tr≠Ìc 01<br />
th∏ng vµ gˆi b∂n Æ®ng k˝ qua<br />
website www.evisa.gov.tr<br />
TI≈N Tå<br />
ü Lira. 01 Lira = 0,35USD<br />
= 8.000 VNß<br />
ü Ph≠¨ng ti÷n Æi lπi tπi<br />
Istanbul: tµu Æi÷n vµ tµu h·a<br />
lµ nh˜ng ph≠¨ng ti÷n phÊ<br />
bi’n vµ thuÀn ti÷n nh†t. Tuy<br />
nhin, tµu sœ kh∏ Æ´ng vµo<br />
giÍ cao Æi”m, tan t«m. Bπn<br />
cÚng c„ th” di chuy÷n trong<br />
khu trung t©m bªng taxi.<br />
Istanbul tıng c„ nhi“u tn g‰i kh∏c nhau cÚng nh≠ sÎ h˜u nhi“u<br />
danh hi÷u Æ∆c bi÷t Æ” miu t∂ nh≠: vÔng Æ´ thfi rÈng lÌn nh†t ch©u<br />
¢u (trn 5.000 km 2 ), thµnh phË Æ´ng d©n nh†t th’ giÌi (14 tri÷u<br />
d©n) hay thµnh phË lin lÙc Æfia. Bfi thu hÛt bÎi c∏c c´ng tr◊nh ki’n<br />
trÛc ngh÷ thuÀt, t´n gi∏o vµ v®n h„a nn vÌi t´i Istanbul h†p d…n<br />
Æ’n tıng ng‚ ngh∏ch. Kh„ c„ th” Æ’m Æ≠Óc sË l≠Óng Æ“n thÍ Î<br />
Istanbul vµ cÚng thÀt kh„ Æ” ph©n bi÷t chÛng bÎi ng´i Æ“n nµo<br />
cÚng lµ mÈt c´ng tr◊nh m¸ l÷ vÌi h÷ thËng m∏i h◊nh b∏t Ûp vµ hµng cÈt<br />
cao kiu h∑nh. Chÿ c«n dπo qua vµi con phË, t´i Æ∑ Æ≠Óc ngæm nh◊n v´<br />
sË c´ng tr◊nh ki’n trÛc mang d†u †n cÒa c∏c giai Æoπn vµ c∏c n“n v®n<br />
h„a kh∏c nhau. Sœ chºng c„ g◊ ngπc nhin khi bi’t Istanbul lµ mÈt Æ´ thfi<br />
cÊ h¨n 2 ngµn n®m vµ tıng lµ kinh Æ´ cÒa 4 Æ’ quËc: La M∑, Byzantine,<br />
Latin vµ Ottoman.<br />
Nh◊n trn b∂n ÆÂ du lfich, qu«n th” di s∂n ki’n trÛc r˘c rÏ nh†t cÒa<br />
Istanbul ph«n lÌn tÀp trung tπi khu v˘c mÚi b∏n Æ∂o, n¨i mÈt ph›a ti’p<br />
gi∏p vÌi c∂ng Sıng Vµng, ph›a kia lµ khu v˘c Bosphorus hfla vÌi bi”n<br />
Marmara. T´i Æ∑ dµnh tr‰n mÈt ngµy Æ” tham quan c∏c Æfia Æi”m mµ b∂n<br />
ÆÂ du lfich Istanbul ghi chÛ lµ “kh´ng th” rÍi Æi n’u ch≠a Æ’n”.<br />
Hippodrome<br />
Bæt Æ«u tı Qu∂ng tr≠Íng Æua ng˘a Hippodrome do<br />
hoµng Æ’ La M∑ Septime SävÃse x©y d˘ng n®m 203<br />
vÌi s¯c ch¯a 40.000 ng≠Íi. Ngµy nay, trn qu∂ng<br />
tr≠Íng chÿ cfln s„t lπi mÈt sË di t›ch nh≠: cÈt th∏p Ai CÀp (Obälisque<br />
–gyotien) lµm tı Æ∏ nguyn khËi vµ trÙ ÆÂng h◊nh ræn (Colonne<br />
Serpentine). Tı Æ©y, chÿ m†t vµi phÛt Æi bÈ Æ” Æ’n th®m hai ng´i Æ“n nÊi<br />
ti’ng, lµ c´ng tr◊nh ki’n trÛc t´n gi∏o tuy÷t m¸ cÒa nh©n loπi.<br />
Blue Mosque -<br />
Sultanamet Cami<br />
ßi”m Æ’n ti’p theo lµ ß“n thÍ Xanh (Blue<br />
Mosque - Sultanamet Cami). X©y d˘ng<br />
tı gi˜a giai Æoπn n®m 1609 vµ 1616 d≠Ìi<br />
thÍi vua Ahmed I - ß’ quËc Ottoman, nhµ<br />
thÍ HÂi gi∏o Sultan Ahmed th≠Íng Æ≠Óc bi’t Æ’n vÌi tn g‰i ß“n thÍ<br />
Xanh bÎi nÈi th†t bn trong Æ≠Óc trang tr› vµ kh∂m, l∏t Æ∏ xanh r˘c rÏ.<br />
Nhµ thÍ hi÷n v…n Æang hoπt ÆÈng vµ cho phäp du kh∏ch vµo th®m quan<br />
bªng lËi Æi ring n’u m∆c trang phÙc k›n Æ∏o, lfich s˘. PhÙ n˜ Æ≠Óc yu<br />
c«u che t„c vµ c†p kh®n trÔm Æ«u tπi khu v˘c ki”m so∏t. Du kh∏ch c„ th”<br />
chÙp ∂nh c∂ bn ngoµi l…n bn trong Æ“n thÍ. Tuy nhin vi÷c chÙp ∂nh<br />
c„ Æ´i chÛt b†t ti÷n bÎi gi«y, däp Æ≠Óc yu c«u th∏o b· vµ ph∂i x∏ch theo<br />
trong suËt qu∏ tr◊nh tham quan. Bn trong kh´ng gian rÈng lÌn nh≠<br />
mÈt qu∂ng tr≠Íng cÒa ng´i Æ“n, ©m vang ti’ng r◊ r«m th∏n phÙc cÒa<br />
hµng ngµn du kh∏ch. ƒn t≠Óng nh†t lµ h÷ thËng m∏i vflm khÊng l nËi<br />
ti’p, Æan xen vÌi nhau, c∏c chi ti’t hoa v®n tinh x∂o trn tr«n vµ cÈt Æ≠Óc<br />
chi’u r‰i hoµn toµn bªng ∏nh s∏ng t˘ nhin tı hµng tr®m cˆa sÊ trÍi. DÔ<br />
kh´ng ph∂i lµ mÈt t›n ÆÂ nh≠ng khi ngæm luÂng ∏nh s∏ng ph∂n chi’u<br />
r˘c rÏ qua nh˜ng t†m k›nh mµu cÒa ng´i Æ“n, t´i th˘c s˘ Æ∑ c∂m nhÀn<br />
Æ≠Óc s˘ hi÷n h˜u thing ling cÒa Th≠Óng ß’.<br />
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