BURSA

Turns out I made it to Bursa after all! Thankfully another girl in our group also missed the 7:15 bus and was headed down to the ferry station trying to catch the 10:15 ferry when I called her around 8:30... Still a tight squeeze but I managed to meet up with her at the station two minutes before the boat was due to depart. It was fate. And we managed to meet up with the earlier group in Bursa only arriving to the city center about an hour behind them. Today was the most traveling I have experienced thus far in Turkey, and also my first time outside of the city limits of Istanbul.

Our journey proceeded as follows:
1. Dolmus from Koc to Sariyer
2. Dolmus from Sariyer to Hagiosman
3. Metro from Hagiosman to Taksim
4. Funikuler from Taksim to Kabatas
5. Ferry from Kabatas to Bursa
6. Bus from Bursa outskirts to the metro station
7. Metro into the city center
(travel around via foot for a while)
8. Mini Dolmus (5 seats) across town to the Hamam
(ask directions about 20 times while walking on foot until we find the correct building and then soak in the hot bath at the Hamam for an hour)
9. Taxi to back to the Metro
10. Metro back to bus stop
11. Bus back to the ferry station
12. Ferry back to Kabatas
13. Funikuler back to Taksim
14. Metro back to Hagiosman
15. Taxi back to Koc
HOME!