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Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....
  
First call of the day was the department store, lift to the top floor and walk down floor by floor, Joan and Barbara were very happy. Us fella's also found a gents department, that did a super line in men's short sleeve, cotton shirts for £5.00 each so we seized the opportunity.
After depositing our purchases at the hotel we took a taxi down to the river and there we found this most beautiful Sabanci Central Mosque. The foundations were laid in 1988 and the whole was completed in 1998 with the external garden areas being finally completed in 2000. Much of the funding came from the people of Adana, The Turkey Devolution Foundation and the State budget, but the largest contribution came from the Sabanci family foun
dation, a total of £4 million, hence the name of the mosque. Inside was also quite magnificent and we would need many photos to show it off to the full extent. The fun bit was of course, take off your shoes and carry them round in plastic bags, cover your arms and head ladies - so the final picture is of the bag ladies + one. Don't suppose they will ever forgive me for this lovely photo!
From the mosque we got a taxi out to a new part of Adana, where we found a Carrefour shopping centre, shades of Bolougne in France. It looked exactly the same, big supermarket surrounded by some quite expensive shops. Michael and I thoroughly enjoyed the very cheap offers in the DIY section, - now, how exactly do you get two battery operated electric drills, through Cyprus customs?
We had been recommended to go to a restaurant down by the river and the very helpful lady behind reception, booked a table and organised the taxi, with strict instructions to the driver about where the restaurant was. We were all a little surprised to find ourselves at a combination Chinese/Indian restaurant. Undaunted we went in, were greeted warmly and had a nice meal, although we all agreed that we had had better and hotter food. Oh dear, the prawn curry dish was obviously a big mistake. During the night, Joan was very ill and it was clear that she had eaten something very unsavoury.
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