GUEST TRAVELER: Istanbul, Turkey

My friend and fellow hasher Heavy Load, aka "Jon," put together a blog after his recent trip to Istanbul. Have a look!:

http://futurebehind.blogspot.com/

Here's just a little taste from his entry titled "Listen to the sun rise":

Robert asked us how much longer we were going to be in Istanbul, and we told him we were leaving the next day, and he said it was a shame we wouldn't be able to see more. He asked what we'd liked about Istanbul, and I told him I liked all the mosques (they are all over, and Istanbul is a hilly city, so you frequently get good views of the city, and can see just how many beautiful mosques there are). He said, "Istanbul is a city where you can hear the sun rise." That got everyone's attention, and he explained that in the morning, the muslim call to prayer comes with the sunrise. So, the prayer-caller guy at the most eastern mosque will see the sun-rise first, and will start his call to prayer. And this continues from east to west across the city, and he said you can hear it progress across the city. Vincent argued with him and said you weren't really hearing the sun rise, but I thought it was a cool way to say something.