so here we are
our travel day began in bali just about 10 hours ago
and we are now leaving on our international flight
our first international flight here in over eight months to istanbul, turkey
so we're actually flying during unusual times here in indonesia
because indonesia is currently going through a semi lockdown it's called ppkm
and that's partially one of the reasons we're heading out for holiday right now
because the cases here are rising pretty quickly
we don't want to travel within indonesia because we don't know what's going
on here so we prefer to go abroad and see what's going on there
yeah so it's going to be an exciting couple weeks of traveling here
and see where it takes us
nobody's really flying into indonesia at the moment
a lot of people are actually leaving so
the bali airport we flew domestically this morning actually to
jakarta and the airport was just completely empty
this is actually like my second time in
istanbul this is Kintania's first so
it's gonna be really interesting to see her experience
and what she thinks of the country here as she enters for the very first time
from all the countries that i visited istanbul airport has to be
probably the biggest airport that i've ever traveled through
me and Kintania have a deal i handle all the bags she handles all
the documents
by the way guys we've arrived here at like 4 a.m in the morning which is why
the whole airport and baggage claim is completely empty but
in the baggage claim area they do have several money exchange areas as well as
the wi-fi terminals for you to get the code you just gotta
put in your passport number and get an access code for it
so if you guys ever watched my last video flying into the istanbul turkey
you guys know that i took the HAVAIS bus and it's actually one of the easiest
ways to get into downtown turkey so that's why we're heading downstairs now
to. buy a ticket and get on the bus ride
into turkey it's roughly about 30 minutes to an hour depending on how
bad traffic usually is
all right guys so it's actually been like two and a half hours later
since we've gotten off the bus because everything has been closed here in Taksim
which is the area that we're staying at and yeah we finally got to drop off
our bags, so we've been just so exhausted running
around with our four luggage suitcases now that that's
all taken care of we can actually go ahead and explore the
city here and she's already exhausted because we're
hiking up this hill there's a lot of hills in Istanbul
so our first stop here in turkey is actually one of my favorite spots if you
guys saw my very first video in turkey for the
top 15 foods to try here this was my favorite place to get soup
and then this right here is the famous Beyran
all right guys that was an amazing breakfast that cost actually a total of
66 liras so i'll put the conversion right
down below for you guys, so you guys know how much it costs
i absolutely recommend that guys i will put the name of the place
up as well on the screen for you so if you're coming here it's like you
definitely try that
i really love walking through these little tiny alleys and these little tiny
streets they got everything here selling from arts and crafts to bags to
shishas and even got yourself a little food
market here as well so it's a lot of things to see a lot of
things to buy in this area
so we've now entered the grand bazaar which pretty much just looks like the
entire maze we were just walking around circles and
on the outside of it and it looked big but looks even bigger on the inside
- thank you - anti corona
so good
so we managed to escape the grand bazaar after hundreds of people hey guys
after hundreds of people asking us to enter the stores
we managed to run away with only spending
- five dollars which is 45 liras - yeah we spent 45 liras so whatever the
conversion is i'll put it down below but it's a maze man which we tried
to get out of there we were looking for the exit
you couldn't find it i mean they literally make it a maze on purpose so
that you can't escape all the stores but we finally managed to find their
way out definitely gotta visit it though
absolutely they've got some amazing stuff to see in there
all antiques got amazing teas chocolates
food i mean rugs everything and clothes of course
so everything except for electronics they don't have electronics in there
but yeah definitely recommend it
well we've come to take a break because it's been such a hectic day
and exhausting to be honest walking around a lot in this
in this city but what is what is the one takeaway we've gotten today
- from from being in the istanbul? - that people think i'm mexican? - yes
- and me too - chinese - no no they they immediately immediately
immediately they start speaking to us in spanish i don't know why but yeah
everybody thinks we're spanish for some reason yeah like seniorita
they they did you say senorita ola como esta
- i was like hey i'm indonesian - and i think the second biggest thing
Kintania's learned is that there are a lot of hills in istanbul
and yeah which i don't really like i think that's
that is the most thing i don't like about turkey is that
i need to walk a lot and it's so hot and it's
- so many stairs - she's used to the hills of bali
and there are no hills in bali really basically
and we basically just use scooter wherever you want even going to warung
which is 50 meters away we need scooter to go
yeah here it's walking everywhere there's
really no scooter rentals but overall really love the vibe
had some amazing food so far here in turkey so we're gonna go ahead and rest up
before our night begins later on this evening
all right guys so after a few short
hours of checking in to our airbnb getting some work done we're back out
here in the streets of istanbul and we're gonna go try to find some
food, Kintania has not tried mussels here in istanbul well i forgot the name
for them i'll put them down below
huh oh my god i'm so scared do i need to
- just swallow it? - yeah just swallow it
oh my god this is really good
it was really nice i really liked it i think we get eight each?
four each or five each and it costs 20 lira
yeah if you guys are coming to istanbul you guys must try those those are
delicious and they only cost 20 liras which is
roughly about i don't remember i'll put them down on the screen but if you guys
aren't familiar with those mussels what they do is they they cook the mussels
with rice and different kinds of spices and then they squeeze a lemon on top of it
and the citrus just tastes so good it's
an amazing combination if you guys have never had them
you must try them
i really love street food here but not the drinks
now guys it is currently summer here in istanbul so
summer is in full swing it's july right now for those of you that want to know
um and there's a lot of tourists here as you can imagine
even though with the covid conditions and everything the restrictions are very
mild i mean some people are in fact not even
wearing masks i'm assuming because of vaccinations and
all that but yeah restrictions are just very mild if
none at all
all right guys so we just stopped off at for turkcell so we just stopped off to get
sim cards it cost 173 turkish lira i'll put the conversion
down below, this morning i got vodafone sim card
and that cost me 240 lira which is way more expensive for the same package
and i don't even get lte on my sim card which i don't know why
but Kintania has LTE service on hers so yeah come to the big turkcell store
right behind me here because they're gonna give you a
better deal on the sim card
all right guys we ate some mussels we walked the streets of taksim
and we even picked up some takeaway dinner
at a local place because we are just completely beat
however if you guys did enjoy today's video walking and exploring the streets
of istanbul please give it a like make sure you guys comment down below
any questions you may have Kintania's going to be posting a
video regarding how indonesians can enter turkey at this moment
so make sure you guys check that out i will link it right above and yeah
thanks again guys for watching and i will see you guys in the next video
peace