Artuklu Kervansarayi Mardin

... 2023. Üle on siit käinud assüürlased, seljukid, kurdid, mongolid ja pärslased. Ja kõik ka endast jälje muidugi maha jätnud. Mongolid küll ehk väljaarvatud, sest jurtasid ei hakka silma.<br>Uitan mööda kitsaid tänavaid, külastan internetti ja lasen endale värsket granaatõunamahla pressida. Nami.<br>Edasine kulgeb päikesega võidu Midyati suunas. Tuleks jõuda enne sulgemist Mor (ehk püha) Gabrieli ...

... 305;ly h&#305;s seat was further back than m&#305;ne, cuz he seems to be the sort who's &#305;n love w&#305;th h&#305;mself. <br><br>Dur&#305;ng the journey we passed some valleys and mounta&#305;n passes and after Batman onwards &#305;t became desert. Halfway thru we stopped at a restaurant along the h&#305;ghway w&#305;th some p&#305;cn&#305;ck&#305;ng area at the front. I dec&#305;ded to sk&#305;p lunch aga&#305;n (wh&#305;ch later &#305; regretted) and just hung ...

... attentive and cute.<br><br>http://de.wikipedia.org/wi ki/Dara-Anastasiupolis (German) or<br><br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Dara_(Mesopotamia) (English)<br><br>Then we went back to the Safran-Monastry which is still an active monastry from the Syrian Orthodox Christians. This place provides beside a good view on the plains some good inner secrets (our guide was only speaking Turkish and we will have to follow up later)<br><br>In Savur ...

... temperature, and by around 5, all the tables in the tea houses around town were occupied by men (where were the women?), with their bread in front of them, waiting for the time to eat, which was still 2 hours away (I wonder if any study has been done to see if the Muslim countries suffer any loss in productivity during the month of Ramadan?).

Another fab view this morning across Syria. The Saffron Monastery this morning, with a Sun Temple built in 1000 BC. The stones which create the roof are only being held up by themselves, if one falls down, the the Monastery above will collapse. Very interesting monastery - beautiful and extremely clean. Find out about the people buried in the walls! Taste a great cup of ...

The Breakfast at Erdoba was nothing special. As I was walking around the post office, I came across a local guide called Galip. He took me to every single spot listed in Lonely Planet. I have visited numerous cities in Anatolia. None of them had the overwhelming ambience that Mardin has. The light yellow colored Midyat stone, which has been used in most of the buildings, is a significant ...

Tony moved on to Gaziantep. I started off the day with a cream and honey breakfast at Zahter, a restaurant that serves breakfast only. I took a minibus from the main bus stop to Harran. The driver was Arab. I realized for the first time that there is a significant Arabic speaking group in Turkey.This is perhaps because they keep quite and stay away from the headlines... Kurds seem to love pink, purple and their shades. I have ...

... verify. They also asked me to open my backpack but they just glanced at my personal belongings. I think they just asked me to do this so they could show their boss they were following procedures. Overall, the guys at the checkpoint were very nice. I think it was because I made them laugh. After I returned my backpack to the luggage compartment, I banged my head on the door of the compartment. They all started laughing. It wasn't a mean laugh so I was ok ...

We took the 35 mile ride to Savur just for one night. It was recommended for being devoid of tourists and having a great place to stay. Just a bonus stop along our way. The accommodations were outstanding and, to be honest, we didn't leave the entire day we were there. We relaxed, read, had probably one of the best meals of our trip made by the family that lives here, and tried a ...

Mardin was a great place to spend a few days. It has a relatively small population and was noticeably more liberal than Sanliurfa. The old part of the city climbs steadily up a hillside offering fabulous views of the Mesopotamian plain as it heads south to Syria. Interestingly enough there is also a small Christian population that is still settled in the area which serves to mix ...