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Istanbul Grand Bazaar
Inside the market Grand Bazaar is one of the pillars on how the business “market” concept evolves through time. This is one of the biggest and oldest covered market in the world dated from the 14th century. Consisted of over 4,000 shops that makes sense that 1 days is not enough to visit this place. When we got into the market it is like entering a maze. A lot of stores and products on display and my reactions were blown out. As I took the pictures inside, what I could see is the infinite ceilings and that describes how big is Grand Bazaar. Food and Products We went to have…
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The Stunning Interior of Dolmabahçe Palace
It was during the times of great Ottoman Empire that the 31st Sultan ordered to build this luxurious place in the year 1843. When you say palace it is truly a grandeur everywhere from gates and to the walls it welcomes you like a royal too. The interior of this palace is mind blowing and I’m very overwhelmed to see this magnificent creations that up until now is well preserved and protected. The extraordinary exterior of the palace. So this is the place that the Royals of Ottoman Empire resides and where they welcome guests from around the world. I got the chance to take some photos, though it is…
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The Architecture of Hagia Sofia and Blue Mosque
The magical interior of these two mosques… Istanbul’s rich histories is well preserved to date back ancient times and up until present. It was our first time to see Istanbul and it’s surprisingly amazing. Our stay there was definitely not enough so we would like to see more of Turkey and what it has to offer. Hopefully soonest on our next visit whenever we have to fly again for vacation from our home Middle East to Europe. We arrived noon time at our hotel and we are so excited already to explore only around the area we gonna stay for few days while we are in Istanbul. The next day…
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Lukas First Year Moments
First Birthday Portraits A few days before his first birthday we did this quick photoshoot, as usual, we used to take photos on Lukas. Early morning before his breakfast I set up the props needed in the background the letter board was the challenging one had to prepare it 1 day prior to the photoshoot. It was still humid and the summer hot in Dubai is rising so it lasted only 5 mins to finish the shoot with Lukas little tempo and his focus is on playing. Monthly Photos It’s a dream to be consistent on taking pictures of him when he reached the birthdates, 27th of the month. It…
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Alisa turns ONE
Alisa first birthday photoshoot It was a lovely early morning for a family of 3 photoshoots together with first birthday portraits. Alisa’s first birthday portraits are so cute, she’s wearing baby unicorn and her beautiful dress. The location of the shoot is in Dubai Marina Walk, it is quite busy during the peak hours so be sure to go ahead to get the area exclusive for the photo session. An hour of fun shots to complete the lifetime memories. I brought my son during this shoot and he had a great time as well playing with the birthday girl. “Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality…
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Precious Baby Boy Bump Maternity Photos
Back when we did my 32nd Birthday Portraits in Phuket, my ever supportive husband did again an impressive job in photography. I did my research of inspirational photos and themes on Maternity and came up with so many ideas then we narrow down the results and gathered all the materials needed (maternity clothes etc..). There are so many things to consider especially the challenge that we are doing it on our own. From my broad instructions up to my husband’s limited knowledge in photography that makes him confused (included language barrier). It’s a team effort and patience is a virtue. All in all, we are so happy with the results,…
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Canals of Amsterdam
What to do in Amsterdam? The first thing that comes most is to see the Amsterdam Canals which is famed by “Venice of the North”. Amsterdam is the capital city of the Netherlands and the canals are one of the major attraction in the city, built during the 17th century which is protected by UNESCO World Heritage Site as of 2010. You may check this website for “8 fun facts about Amsterdam Canal “ https://luxeadventuretraveler.com/8-fun-facts-amsterdam-canals/ See below key points of 8 fun facts of Amsterdam Canals Amsterdam got its name from the Amstel River. Amsterdam has 165 canals Monet painted the South Church during a visit to The Netherlands. The tilted houses…
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Thailand Island Hopping
8 Hours Island Tour It was our fifth day in Phuket we went for Island tour. We booked Seastar Tours that we found from one of their third party agents that was offered by one of our Grab Driver. There are so many options of packages according to prices where to sail in this Island tour. See below map for a guide. We were picked up at earliest 7:30 in the morning from our hotel in a van type vehicle together with other tourist. They dropped us at Royal Marina Phuket which is very beautiful all the way from the entrance of it. They offered snacks and light breakfast to…
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Big Buddha Phuket
White Buddha It was our first day of tour around the beautiful island of Phuket. We chose to go first in Big Buddha as we read online that it is always busy for tourists and luckily not that many people when we came. The Big Buddha Statue is huge and white, underneath of it is a temple for worshipers to pray. When visiting temples you have to pay respect and wear appropriate clothes not to show excessive skin. It is a holy place for buddhist worshiper and luckily it’s open for all. We had a chance to write our names and well wishers in the heart shaped gold love lockets…
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Karon Beach View Point
Stunning Beach View This tourists spot is one of the places we visited during our 1 day tour around Phuket after visiting the Big Buddha. The driver that we rented that day recommended this place as we are looking for the nice overlooking view of the beach. We flew the mavic pro drone in this area to get some very good footage for our vlog and the view is superb. Below is the link in my youtube channel where you can see in my intro some of the videos we got. There are some other tourists there as well but not very crowded as they come and go quickly, this…
