the first one is hot air balloon. hot air balloon in turkey is actually quite cheap, as compared to the hot air balloon in australia and new zealand. however the price is still quite steep, which is US220 per pax. its a once in a lifetime experience to sit the hot air balloon so my family chose this optional tour. actually everyone in the tour group chose to go for the hot air balloon. the hot air balloon tour is only done in cappadocia. and the tour can only be carried out if the weather conditions are good, ie calm wind and no rain. unfortunately, for the both days that we stayed at cappadocia, we woke up at 5 am to wait for the bus from the hot air balloon company to pick us up, but unfortunately for both mornings the wind was too strong and the company cancelled the tour. haiz sadded. but on a happy note we saved up US880.
the second one is called bosphorus cruise. the cruise is along the bosphorus river. on one side of the river is the europe continent and the other side is the asia continent. both continents are linked by a bridge called the...
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bosphorus bridge (no prizes for guessing correctly). so turkey is the only country in the whole world that lies on two different continents - asia and europe.
the third one is called turkish cultural night. and this is the optional tour that i went with my mum, because my dad not interested in dance and my sis want to stay in the hotel room to use the internet. its a dance performance showcasing a muslim monk dance where the monks must spin on the floor for damn long time and they are able to stand still after spinning, and they spinned a total of 3 times; a few traditional dance items which is put up by 8 similar dancers, 4 guys and 4 girls, which i think they will be extremely shag at the end of the whole thing; and finally a belly dance performed by a voluptous woman who will come down from the ceiling onto the stage in a glass lift, very sexy.
the cost per pax is US40, yes i think its super ex, but comes with free flow of alcoholic drinks. maybe it is worth it for regular drinkers but definitely not worth it for me. the kids even more ke lian, because they have to pay US30, with free flow of coke and sprite and fruit juce. -.-'''
13 of us went to watch the cultural night.and for this turkish cultural night it is quite special because the belly dancer will choose 5 gentlemen from the audience and teach them belly dance, then the 5 gentlemen will perform their version of the belly dance and the audience will decide who is the winner. and i had the honour of being selected by her. hahahahaha.
i attracted the most cheers and wolf whistles. hoho. and i am considered an overseas performing artiste cos i performed in turkey! 自欺欺人. :p
