Atlantis Apartments
Travel Blogs from Batman
Merhaba
Landed a day early ın bodrum after plannıng an overnıght ın kos.
Not a stressful journey but a fast taxı rıde ın the dark was causıng a few crıes from the back seat .
. wandered ınto town to show the shuds the way round,now off for lunch and ...
Hasankeyf
... the 12th century, the city was successively captured by the Artukids as their capital. During this period, Hasankeyf's golden age, the Artukids and Ayyubids built the Old Tigris Bridge, the Small Palace and the Great Palace. The infrastructure, location and significance of the city helped increase trade and made Hasankeyf a staging post on the Silk Road. The Ayyubids (descendants of Saladin) captured the city in 1232 and built the mosques that made Hasankeyf an ...
Batman
Heading to the ancient city of Hasankeyf, which is located in the province of Batman, (Not the one of the super heroes :)) we crossed the capital of the province, which is also called Batman.
About Batman:
Batman is a city in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey and the capital of Batman Province. It lies on a plateau, ...
Hasankeyf
... walk to and from the fortress passes by many cave-homes, some of which are still inhabited. After visiting a shop in one of these caves, I can see why -- it was several degrees cooler inside, and quite comfortable. Most of the cave-homes have a manmade outer wall with a normal door, and they seem to be furnished like any other traditional home in the area (from what I could surmise by glancing in through open doors).
Hasankeyf is very touristy, but ...
Three days of bush campıng
... others' possessions and food budget. I think Matt instigated the meeting and pretty much took control of it which wasn't a bad thing as he communicates well and can be relatively sane.
It seems we're quite significantly blowing the food budget at the moment due to food prices generally but particularly meat and cooking too much, amongst other reasons. There was also some complaints regarding the tedium of toast or museli for breakfast every day ...
