Antik Belkis Han
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A COOL MUSEUM...LITERALLY
... am sure the pre-dawn call to prayer will be heard.
I correctly predicted the Aussies and me were the dinner crowd. Wandered back near the French church to eat at Yeslisu cafe. It had a pleasant atmosphere. There was a local game we did not really get the handle on. Small world: Lyn was looking at Explore's 'Cuba Libre' trip which I just did.
Back by 2130, the nightcap bagged tonight to allow journal work and pix downloading. Bed around 2315.
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Tuerkısche Kueche
... nes ueber dıe Stadt, eınes ueber dıe tuerkısche Kueche und eınes mıt wahnsınnıgen Mosaıken. Dıese stammen aus eınem roemıschen Dorf, das heute wegen eınem Stausee vom Wasser bedeckt ıst und davon grossteıls zerstoert wurde. Vorher konnten aber noch eınıge Schaetze ın extremer Zeıtnot gerettet werden... Dıe Stadt hat zudem eınen rıesıgen Park ...
Worst day ever
... movie. All around there were posters of armed men pointing guns at with scary looking turkish slogans written underneath. There were also some towers in the distance where we could see men standing with automatic guns. It was hot and dusty and we walked carefully down the road, making sure not to do any sudden moves.
We reached the Syrian border and the front guards flicked through our passports and called someone on their phone, mentioning our Iranian ...
The Euphrates, Halfeti Boating & Cagdas Fistikli
... s easy to like.
History: the usual suspects washed thru - Iskander, Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs (638), Seljuks(1070), Ottomans (Selim the Grim in1516) - but a unique C20 moment came when a valiant local uprising threw out the French occupiers in 1920/1. To honour this heroic event the epithet "Gazi" (= "war hero") was added to the city's former name of Antep in 1973.
I like this town - must return one day to see the new mosaic museum.
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Cars actually stop!?!
... can still feel it. The meat was good :-). We then walked around looking for the minibus terminal to Kilis which is where we will be going tomorrow. It's on the border with Syria. We couldn't find it so got some snacks for the room and went back to the hotel. The hotel guy said we needed to take a taxi to it and will sort it out in the morning. While walking around and crossing the road we suddenly realised the ...
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