Episode 34: Turkey - Sparkling Meringues, Scribbly Mercenaries, and Soggy Medusas

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This time on TLT, Zaeem invades an abandoned castle with a whip, Ali takes a wrong turn and gets stuck in a reservoir, and Zaki channels his inner Paul Hollywood as he talks about meringues and cheesecakes. Join us on our special tour of Turkey!

Random Rubbish

Zaki spent most of the pre-episode prep time posting pictures of monkeys and giggling to himself. I thought it would be rude to interrupt. -- Zaeem

No, you were laughing with him! I was the only one being professional. You're both so bad at this -- Ali

Fun Facts (we use the term loosely)

Indiana Jones: The Man with the Whip

https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones:_Kam%C3%A7%C4%B1l%C4%B1_Adam

EDIT: He is a man. He has a whip. He does stuff. Coming soon to a theatre near you. -- Zaeem

EDIT 2: This is a stupid fact and a worse tagline. -- Ali

Cannibal = YamYam

https://www.majstro.com/dictionaries/Turkish-English/yamyam

EDIT: So if Hannibal was based in Turkey, he'd be called HamHam, right? -- Zaeem

Coffee and Cherries

https://theplanetd.com/facts-about-turkey

Longest Word

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2017/06/13/turkish-tongue-twister-wins-longest-word-competition

Museum Pass

https://muze.gen.tr/MuseumPasses

Actual Locations

Burj Al Babas (Abandoned Disneyland Village)

https://allthatsinteresting.com/burj-al-babas

EDIT: So is it pronounce castle or castle? -- Zaeem

EDIT 2: Castle. -- Zaki

EDIT 3: Castle. -- Ali

EDIT 4: Cool. Glad we sorted that out. -- Zaeem

Pamukkale Water Terraces (Cotton Castles)

https://www.journalofnomads.com/things-to-do-in-pamukkale

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pamukkale-water-terraces

EDIT: I can't believe you thought "snow is white" was a better transition than going from one castle location to literally another castle location. -- Ali

EDIT 2: Because I wanted the castle thing to be a surprise. -- Zaki

EDIT 3: The only surprising thing was how bad that transition was. -- Ali

Sazova Park

https://www.trip.com/travel-guide/attraction/eskisehir/sazova-science-art-and-culture-park-23501061

Basilica Cistern (Where the soggy ɐsnpǝɯ is)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/two-eerie-medusa-heads-watch-over-turkeys-waterways-1-180954883

EDIT: Where the soggy what is? -- Ali

EDIT 2: It's medusa, but upside down, like in the cistern. -- Zaeem

EDIT 3: OK, that was pretty good. Normally I would insult you...so I'll still insult you, you mug, but that was pretty good. -- Ali

Pudding Shop

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pudding-shop-lale-restaurant

Chimera/Yanartaş (Mountain of Eternal Fire)