Senses ==================== A quick go at reviving an old diary technique: started this on 1st Aug, Finland Smells: \* Grungy, mildewy toilets in turkey \* Smoke and grime in the air in london \* Fish markets and smoked, bbq’d, marinated fish everywhere (istanbul, riga, helsinki) \* Body odour: turkish buses, finnish trains, latvian? And probably us everywhere else!!! \* Wonderful, colourful, aromatic spices piled high in the egyptian spice market in Istanbul. \* SCUBA in the finnish bush toilets (only for those who cycled around tasmania). Sound: \* Pachinko parlours (gambling using thousands of ball bearings) in tokyo \* The crackling roar of the hot air balloons jets in cappadocia (goreme) \* ‘bir milyun’ = one million lira, from hundreds of street vendors on the shores of the bosphrous (istanbul) \* The occassional splash of fish creating ripples of sound and water on an otherwise long, still twighlight on the waters of linnansaari. \* Very noisy aeroplane tokyo to london Taste \* The yoghurt/mineral water/salt drink in turkey (aksaray) \* The fig/apple/sultana/nut….dessert in istanbul (taksim square). \* Plate-covering servings of heavy, creamy, sauces in tartu, estonia. \* Brilliant Indian cuisine in Tallinn (estonia) – hoorah for a good veggie feed! Spicy chickpea masala and cottage cheese and spinach stuff. \* Fresh raspberries straight off the bush on the side of the trail on linnansaari island. Weren’t game to try the mushrooms though \* Great vietnamese restaurant recommended by two people from opposite sides of the planet. \* Organic, mostly vego, all you can eat lunch in tokyo. \* Turkish delight, great soy coated nut mixes, fresh cherries, honey-sesame coated almonds in turkey. Plus really cheesy pastries..Ä Feel: \* Humidity in tokyo \* Sore arms in linnansaari after canoing for three days \* Dry heat in turkey \* Walking barefoot on lush angora, silk, camel hair and wool carpets and kilims in selcuk, turkey. \* Flying through the air on a magical fantasy way to travel, hot air balloon (goreme, turkey \* Stomach cramps before your thirteenth diarrhoea for the day. Fun! Seeing: \* Why turkey may be competing with aussie wheat growers. Plenty of fields, and modern harvesters working one field while the one next dooe is being harvested using a sickle / scythe and cheap labour \* Women working while men play backgammon and drink tea (turkey) \* Fan-bloody-tastic veggie patches everywhere.