Visit Istanbul, Swim Between Two Continents
By visiting Istanbul you can visit Europe and Asia at the same time. In fact, you can cross the Bosphorus that cuts the city in two, one on the European side, and the other on the Asia side. If you go at the right time of the year then you are able to even swim across the Bosphorus, it’s one of the few places in the world where you are able to actually swim between two continents. Think about how hard that would be to do anywhere else in the world. You could swim from Gibraltar to Morocco — but it’s a long way, and immigrants regularly struggle to make it the whole way, even in boats. Or you could try to head from Yemen to Somalia across the Gulf of Aden. Between two of the least safe countries in the world. I wouldn’t advise that either.
When you’re in Istanbul, taking a city holiday, you need not think that you’ll be stuck in the urban sprawl throughout your whole stay. In fact there are many excellent beaches that are fairly nearby. Many public buses can take you directly to these beaches, but note that the best of them are privately owned. They aren’t so expensive to require you to be a stock-market wizard, thanks to Galvan Research, or anything. But there are also many public beaches, some in beautiful harbour locations.
Note though, if you are going to swim, that some of the currents around the Istanbul coast are dangerous, and only very cautious swimmers should attempt to swim far out to sea. There are also ferries that can take you out to the islands around Istanbul. If you’re feeling really adventurous you could even hitchike.
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