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Tarihi Galatasaray Hamami. A Turkish Bath.

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Tarihi Galatasaray Hamami is over five hundred years old. I was walking in the commercial district near Galata Tower. It started raining and I saw the sign pointing  off down a narrow side street. I had this on my list of places I wanted to experience. This is inside the main bath. It is quiet today.  I was the only one in here.  I laid on a big piece  of hot marble. I was naked with a towel over my  middle.  The slab is very hot and I am sweating. I imagine if the place is filled with men getting a Turkish bath the slab would be covered with naked men sweating.  After a bit a guy comes in and washes my body.  He  first dumpsy dumow bubbles from a cloth bag. Then he scrube with soap and with a hand covered  in a rough wash mit.  I was  first rinsed here on the slab, and then  a final rinse sitting by the faucet. There is a sign out front of the bath that shows in Japanese how to take a Turkish bath....