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We'll periodically post images of vessels that drift past our perch on the Bosphorous. If you are a new arrival, the Bosphorous is the waterway (straits) that divides Europe from Asia and cuts right through the middle of Istanbul. You could swim from Europe to Asia (or vice versa) in about 30 minutes - if you could survive the boat traffic and/or the pollution.

The blog's perch is about half way up (or down) the Bosphorous - not the city's most supreme view. Yet, it's not too high, not too low - good enough to afford a decent view. Then again, anything better in terms of view will cost you upward of a million. Dollars. No... more. Much more. This view is free.

The aim here is to provide regular images and - where possible - further details regarding boat traffic between the Black Sea, the Marmara and points beyond.

It's not CIA - although they used to maintain a prominent viewing location (and probably still do) - The transit through the Bosphorous is Russia's traditional outlet to the world's oceans - most other Russian outlets ice over in the winter. But, there is no hidden blog agenda, no intent to spy. This is just our view and publicly available data related to those views: Boats on the Water. Passing by. Happened to catch them ....

Friday, October 16, 2015

BHJ Express


 As we said when this blog first went on line, this is a learning process.
The Bosphorous is unique and incredibly beautiful. The pictures we have shared so far are the proof. Beyond this, there arent many places in the world where you could - for example - see part of the Russian fleet headed to Syria at this time in history (and we're sorry we missed their passage).
At the least, we aim to provide images and where possible a link to an external database that augments our own data (consisting of a photo and a binocluar spotting of the ships).
In the process, we ourselves are learning about flags, traffic patterns, ship types and more. As we learn, we will continue to share our "stuff" with you.

We are still on summer time - daylight savings has been postponed until after the Nov2 elections, and so .., because this is a project that relies on images taken after "work hours", you can expect a drop off in volume of posts as we head into the dark days of winter. The last few (and next few) posts are going to be indicative of evening lighting conditions. Bare with us ...



Name: BHJ Express
Heading: South/Marmara
Type:   Cargo
Flags: Panama
Date: 16 Oct 2015
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