WHERE AM I? --Travel Game

Viet Nam?

No, not Vietnam

I have a hint for you if you would like.

Cambodia?

No, not Cambodia.

This place is not part of what many in the Western world would think of as typically being part of Asia.

That should narrow it down!

Dolmabahce palace Istanbul.

kev, From what I can make out from pictures of Dolmabahce palace in Istantul, I think you got it!

I'll second that! Go kev!

Yup kev got it. Congrats.

Congrats, kev, that one was a toughie.

Oh, the "bonus points" question had to do with a Turkish leader. (I'll look up the name and position later, I'm dashing out the door.) I think he died in the palace, but the point being the time he died. It was 9:05 and the clocks in the palace were stopped at that time in honour of him. Apparently they are still stopped to this day.

I'll follow up later with the web sites I found it on.

I'm having a techie problem, someone take my go please.

This location is at a place most people will have a problem connecting.

Wild stab, Tiannemen square?

Not in Beijing.

Seoul?

As promised, here are a few tidbits about the Dolmabahçe Palace.



There are a lot of other interesting tourist spots on the page of the above link. Check it out!

This is a picture I took of the harem at Topkapi Palace.

Topkapi Palace is one of the most fascinating places in Istanbul besides the Blue Mosque, the Bazaar, and San Sophia. The palace has jewels, the hand of John the Baptist, large emeralds, and Mohammed's hair and foot prints in metal (copper). I highly recommend a visit to Istanbul.

They claim this is the hand of John the Baptist.

yep. uh-huh.

fealola, A sceptic heh? LOL My wife and I are not christians, but my brother and his wife are, so it had more meaning for them than it did for us.
When we took a cruise on the Bosphorus from downtown Istanbul to the outskirts, we had lunch at a restaurant called the "garaj." Another couple sat with us, so I asked where they were from, and the guy answered "Lodi." That's where my brother lives. Also found out that he is a professor at the university in Stockton, and he has visited my brother's ophthalmology office for his eye checkups. What a small world!