Istanbul Airport: At check-in counter before boarding to Kapadokia. "Kapadokia, we are coming".
THE COUSINS IN TURKEY
We were so happy when the Emirates safely landed in Turkey ( The State of Two Continents), at Istanbul airport. It was in late December 2014. That was historic to both of us, my wife and I because at the age of 60's we still could make it. What a beautiful coincidence!
It was a coincidence.
We never had a plan to tour Turkey or part of Turkey because not only it was beyond our means but also both of us are air phobia. Meaning, if possible we would like to avoid traveling by air. We once had a bad experience during our flight from KL to Kota Kinabalu. The plane suddenly dropped , I am not sure how many feet down, but it was a nightmare.
Nightmare or otherwise, travel by air between KL and KK and vice versa is the only practical mood of transportation that I have to make use in performing my duty. So I have to endure the air travel misery.
But again air incidents for example the MH 370 tragedy and the shooting down of MH 70 in Ukraine air space revived our believe that air travel is not safe. So we both decided no more air travel in future.
One of our friends asked one challenging question:What about going to Mekah for example to perform umrah?
Hahahaha.... what a good question. We have no quick answer for that.
No, we can't take taxi . Travelling by land crossing more than one country to reach our destination is possible but not advisable. It's too far a distance.
What about by sea? No, it also takes longer time. So the choice is by air.
After a very hard pondering, we both have the same answer..... we live it to Allah. Life and death is beyond our scheme. Ultimately it is in the knowledge of Allah the Almighty.
Yes, this answer gives us strength , that overrides the air phobia. No more to worry about travelling by air.
February 2015 , our daughter was scheduled to receive her scroll after successfully completed her degree in medicine from the University of Mansoura, Egypt. It was a grand occasion for all of us especially to my daughter who had sacrifices a lot of things....missing a comfortable life, struggling like mad, enduring very strange and unfriendly environment.
So my wife and I have no excuse at all to say that we do not have enough saving when she put to us her request: "Mama and Papa must attend the convocation".
"Yes", the only word she wanted to hear. And heard.
Coincidentally Turkey was the itinerary of Naqib's parents for their vacation in late December 2014 which was close to the convocation day. So it was fit in nicely.
Istanbul was our meeting point. That was agreed upon by the three group.
My wife and I took the Emirates from KL to Istanbul a few hours earlier than Naqib parents by Qatar Airways and my daughter from Cairo by Egypt Air.
Alhamdulillah, every thing went smooth. No air pocket and other air turbulence whatsoever.
THE COUSINS IN TURKEY
We were so happy when the Emirates safely landed in Turkey ( The State of Two Continents), at Istanbul airport. It was in late December 2014. That was historic to both of us, my wife and I because at the age of 60's we still could make it. What a beautiful coincidence!
It was a coincidence.
We never had a plan to tour Turkey or part of Turkey because not only it was beyond our means but also both of us are air phobia. Meaning, if possible we would like to avoid traveling by air. We once had a bad experience during our flight from KL to Kota Kinabalu. The plane suddenly dropped , I am not sure how many feet down, but it was a nightmare.
Nightmare or otherwise, travel by air between KL and KK and vice versa is the only practical mood of transportation that I have to make use in performing my duty. So I have to endure the air travel misery.
But again air incidents for example the MH 370 tragedy and the shooting down of MH 70 in Ukraine air space revived our believe that air travel is not safe. So we both decided no more air travel in future.
One of our friends asked one challenging question:What about going to Mekah for example to perform umrah?
Hahahaha.... what a good question. We have no quick answer for that.
No, we can't take taxi . Travelling by land crossing more than one country to reach our destination is possible but not advisable. It's too far a distance.
What about by sea? No, it also takes longer time. So the choice is by air.
After a very hard pondering, we both have the same answer..... we live it to Allah. Life and death is beyond our scheme. Ultimately it is in the knowledge of Allah the Almighty.
Yes, this answer gives us strength , that overrides the air phobia. No more to worry about travelling by air.
February 2015 , our daughter was scheduled to receive her scroll after successfully completed her degree in medicine from the University of Mansoura, Egypt. It was a grand occasion for all of us especially to my daughter who had sacrifices a lot of things....missing a comfortable life, struggling like mad, enduring very strange and unfriendly environment.
So my wife and I have no excuse at all to say that we do not have enough saving when she put to us her request: "Mama and Papa must attend the convocation".
"Yes", the only word she wanted to hear. And heard.
Coincidentally Turkey was the itinerary of Naqib's parents for their vacation in late December 2014 which was close to the convocation day. So it was fit in nicely.
Istanbul was our meeting point. That was agreed upon by the three group.
My wife and I took the Emirates from KL to Istanbul a few hours earlier than Naqib parents by Qatar Airways and my daughter from Cairo by Egypt Air.
Alhamdulillah, every thing went smooth. No air pocket and other air turbulence whatsoever.
Hold on...where the other half of the cousins.....Yousef Imran and Mohamad Rafael? It seems both are missing.
Yes they were not in this trip. They opted for Australia meeting their best friend Kangaroo.
Ahmad Naqib and family: Patches of snow but it was still cold in Kapadokia .
Ahmad Naqib with his special posing somewhere in Kapadokia on our way for lunch break
Fish Market in Istanbul. The market was so crowded with people especially during lunch time. There is a fish-based restaurant. Everything is 'fishy'. We had a nice lunch, so delicious beyond imagination.
We were on board cruising the Straits of Bosphorus. What a nice cruise accompanying by birds left and right of the cruiser. 
The Blue Mosque but it is not actually blue in colour. Naqib and Fateh together with dad take a rest in the mosque after heavy walk about in the city.
Underground City.
Fateh and nenek has to be left behind.
To go underground one has to be fit physically and mentally strong . The tunnel to the underground city is too small, narrow and hard to negotiate. It is too much for them to go into the tunnel. But why not posing!
THE MOMENT
UNIVERSITY OF MANSOURA
Detected! Who is crying in this serene moment...of course the mother.....and who is looking so happy....of course the one who had sacrifices a lot of things......missing a comfortable life, struggling like mad and enduring very strange and unfriendly environment.
Family photo to remember. A new found friend from Kelantan.
Fateh and nenek has to be left behind.
To go underground one has to be fit physically and mentally strong . The tunnel to the underground city is too small, narrow and hard to negotiate. It is too much for them to go into the tunnel. But why not posing!
THE MOMENT
UNIVERSITY OF MANSOURA
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