Photos: Taksim Square, Police at Taksim Square, Fish Market near Galata Bridge, Fish Market from Galata Bridge, Whirl Dance
We passed by the Galata Tower, continued walking north until we reached Taksim Square. We chose a cafe, climbed up to the rooftop patio, relaxed ourselves, each with a cup of coffee in hand, took some photos, and watched the pedestrian flows on the square for quite some time. Noisy and colourful, this area is one of the busiest shopping district in the city. In the evening, we bought Wednesday's bus tickets for Izmir, and had a fishy dinner at Rekes Restaurant near the Taksim. After dinner, we passed by a fish market by the water. Business was still strong, under the illumination from the bright bulbs that reminded me of the similar light fixtures, sometimes with plastic red covers, that was pretty common at every street market in Hong Kong when I was a little kid. It wasn't bedtime yet when we arrived back in Suleymaniye. We ended up going to the nearby Cafe Mesale, a place near our hostel that constantly advertised on their whirling dervish dance performance. Not until we sat down that we realized the dance was only performed by a single dancer, kind of amateurish, on a portable stage in the middle of an outdoor terrace, around which dozens of tables were filled with tourists, all hidden in some sort of fruity smoke. We picked our table, selected our favorite fruit favour, pulled out the individually packaged mouth piece, and took our turn to experience shisha. When did the dancer finish his dervish dance performance? I don't recall anyone noticed. Though I remember seeing him spending most of his time sitting at the edge of the stage, talking and laughing loudly with the musicians. He had his fun. And so did all of us, and all the tourists surrounding us.
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