Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:00am

Travel | Visit to Istanbul

I went on a 'day trip' to Istanbul. Well, it was a day from my place in Bulgaria. Nine hours overnight to get there, fifteen hours in Istanbul and ten hours back. It was my first time there and I focussed on the more 'touristy' areas around the Blue Mosque and the Grand Bazaar.

While I was there I made quite a few audio recordings, such as this one of the midday call to prayer in Bayazit. It sounds noisy because I was sitting next to a fountain when I recorded it!

I recorded some good soundscapes though, including the sounds of boats at the harbour at 7am, people going to work through a busy park and a walk through the Grand Bazaar. These will be used in future projects I'm sure.

I've also posted a set of pictures to my Flickr page.

Author: Sean Clark