Like a baby!

First morning in Istanbul. Having crashed out predictably early the night before, we were up almost ridiculously early and decided to go for a walk down to the water and around Sultanhamet. Passed by seemingly endless groups of men fishing and swimming (apparently women don’t do either) - but apparently the army aren’t so into early mornings. We stumbled across these two ‘guarding’ the entrance to the gardens surrounding the Topkapi palace. Apparently it’s illegal to take pictures of the military here. I figured what these guys don’t know …

Posted by Lara on Friday, August 25, 2006 at 02.42 am AEST