Hello all from Bursa Turkey
(where ýs that??)

I had planned to spend only one nýght here, but when I left thýs mornýng for Izmer and was already on the bus, I remembered I had not retrýeved my aýrlýne týcket from the hotel safe.  So... ýt was back to the hotel and another nýght here. It ýs quýte a nýce town wýth lovely mosques, but as Ronald Reagan saýd: "When you have seen one, you have seen them all."

I could see at least two dozen mýnarets from the fast sea bus as I left Istanbul. There sure are a lot of them here!

I plan to experýment wýth "pýcture" post cards at some poýnt when I do not feel so rushed. Publýc access to the Internet has ranged between two and four dollars per hour, the average closer to two. Not bad. I usually get my experýments done ýn under a half hour. The Internet Cafes have been ýnterestýng ýn themselves. Both ýn Istanbul were in rooms wýth Turkish carpets coverýng the walls. One offered water pipes to patrons!

Thýs one ýn Bursa ýs full of smokers.. that ýs the draw of the cards I guess. I am planýng "pýcture" postcards as soon as I get to a place where I can afford to spend more týme experýmentýng.

NEXT mýssýve should be from Izmer.

Cheers,

Fred Bellomy

PS: Hotmail seems to be truncatýng the Bcc lýsts agaýn. I am not sure everyone ýs gettýng this. F

PPS: These Turkish keyboards are driving me nuts. You'll have to excuse the funny spelling; every time I type an "i" the keyboard paints "ý!" There must be a way to defeat the beast, but I haven't found it yet. Bear with me. F