Istanbul, Turkey

I was in Istanbul for 3 days or something. I sat next to this Turkish guy on the (12 hour) bus ride into Istanbul, who was incredibly nice. He randomly bought me a croissant at one of the stops. Later, I was explaining to him how I wasn't sure how I was going to get on the metro because I didn't have any Turkish money, and it was going to be so early that the exchange places wouldn't be open. A few minutes later he just gave me some money.
Then, for whatever reason, Canadians need to pay 45 Euros to get into the country (which is WAY more than any other country). Later, when a border guard checked my passport, he only saw my 45 Euro stamp and said "Canada!! hahah!!"
But yeah, Istanbul was nice. My hostel was only a few blocks from the Blue Mosque... this thing:

It's also the only place on my trip where I've said to myself (outloud): "Holy Shit!" It's just an absolutely massive city. Pictures of lots of people and the sprawling city:


It was also the first place I've been in a while that had TONS of tourist. And, when there are tourists, there are Korean tourists. I met/hung out with a bunch... it was sick.