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Vanmeer, middelpunt van de Oerartische beschaving
... oost-anatolië en vooral onder de indruk waren van de vele grote herdershonden in het bergland die aggressief en overtuigend hun kuddes verdedigen tegen gelijk welke indringer. Voor fietsers of trekkers wel minder aangenaam.
Ook Timbo maakt hier op de camping kennis met een in zich rustige lieve Duitse scheper waarmee hij echter heel verrassend en onbegrijpelijk in een gevecht verwikkeld geraakt. Beide geraken gewond, maar wij hebben het bij Timbo niet ...
Castles, castles, castles.
... br> Van is a nice small town, but it was in the middle of Ramadan, so most of the stores were closed and there were not many people on the streets. I took a tour around the various castles that surround Van. I wanted to take a bus to Ankara the evening after the tour, so I went around town to every bus company getting the times of their busses. As it happens we were still late on our tour, so my guide called the bus company and arranged for me to be picked up along the ...
Van: The Pearl of the East
... Delilah cutting off Samson's hair., as well as more mundane scenes of life at the ancient palace. The views from the church are stunning. Next we returned to the mainland for a visit to the nearby village for insights into Kurdish culture and a traditional lunch prepared by a family in their home.
Later that afternoon, we visited Cavustepe, a royal Urartian citadel consisting of temple buildings, a palace, sacrificial ...
Van & Haek "Amazing"
Having said farewell to my friend Maria, she flew to Istanbul to meet her husband and I to Van.
It was here that I met Haek, an Armenian musician playing the duduck and who had just completed some concerts in Ankara and Istanbul. Before heading back to his wife in France, he was looking to explore some of the areas that had once belonged to Armenia and from ...
Turkey- the land of closed and amazing weddings
... really excited. I was very surprised when an older lady looked at me and pointed to the little girl hugging her leg and said 'photograph'. So I took a picture of them and showed the little girl. The woman was apparently pleased and walked away. After this some music started playing, a sort of Arabic techno. And most of the people at the wedding started dancing. Quite different than ours. Everyone grabbed hands, all the older males together, next the older females, ...