Day 132 Dec 13 2014 On a plane to Kuala Lumpur

Waiting to get into apartment in Kuala Lumpur

Going to put on a bathing suit

feels good after traveling for 3 days

happy kids enjoying a huge roof top pool

Day 132  Dec 13 2014  On a plane to Kuala Lumpur

We had a 17 hour layover in Istanbul so we purchased visas for $60 usd each and a hotel for $154.  The hotels in Turkey seem to be wierd, we would search for a room for 2 adults and 2 kids and most of the search returns would be for 1 double bed or 2 twin beds.  I found one that you could purchase a cot but there was a note stating that a cot would reduce the number of people in the room.  What do people do there, take turns sleeping, sleep on the floor or sleep across the bed.  We had the same results with expedia, hotels.com and many other search providers.  We ended up getting 2 adjoining rooms.  The kids and I had a very hard time falling asleep due to the time change.   I thought I would sleep well but could not.  The only one that did not have trouble was Evy as was evident by her snoring.  We woke up at 9:30 am, went for the hotel provided breakfast then took a cab to the airport at 11:30 am.