We moved hotels from the one in the city to the Novotel Istanbul, the official rally hotel half way between the city and Ataturk airport.
I was a little worried about traffic as we had struggled with fouled up spark plugs after the slow going into Istanbul yesterday but we had no problems today.
Took the hotel shuttle bus into town this afternoon and
did a bit more sightseeing. We are continually
amazed at the number of people about on the streets. There are thousands of
people everywhere. Istanbul does have a
population of some 14 million so I suppose you should expect to see a lot.
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| Mark at Taksim Square, and outside the Blue Mosque |
A taxi ride back was a bit hair-raising as well. We found ourselves travelling amongst the
rally crews who had stayed at Eskisehir last night and I think that may have
been inspiring the taxi driver. He passed
everything at warp speed and had several near misses. It provided some entertainment for the rally
crews.
There is to be a meeting at 8:00am tomorrow to give us an
update on what stages they will be running in Europe. We are expecting transport again tomorrow to
get to Sliven in Bulgaria. We are
hopeful of some stages in Bulgaria.
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