Hotel Ararat
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ERT: Dogubayazit: Noah's Ark on Doorstep of Iran?
... they have their own rich linguistic and cultural history. Children who attend school in these village communities are taught a revisionist history entirely in Turkish (and perhaps English lessons), but must rely on their families in order to maintain any cultural heritage.
We first stopped at the Kecivan Kalesi (castle) in the small eponymous village, which like most of these villages organized around ancient sites ...
Ein kleiner Nachtrag zum Iran...
... aeusserst schwierige Situation schreiben und die Schicksale, die wir erlebt haben oder von denen uns erzaehlt wurde, haben uns oft sehr traurig gestimmt.
Viele der besser gebildeten versuchen nun, das Land zu verlassen, weil sie keine Zukunft mehr sehen oder auch Angst haben, dass in naher Zukunft ein Krieg droht.
Es gaebe noch viel mehr traurige Geschichten zu erzaehlen, und wenn ihr Lust habt, koennen wir uns ja auch gerne nach unserer Rueckkehr ...
Hey I broke their code for the internet
... before time, oh, well, maybe the sunrise will be better
It was cold up there and a lot opted to sleep on the bus (the word 'sleep’ is used loosely here), it was cold, and people couldn’t get comfortable on the seats, so there was a lot of tossing and turning, not quite asleep and not quite awake, it was a long night, the sun did rise, but was just a mere glow as the cloud and mist were still with us, they it was a rather disappointing trip ...
It's grim up East... of Turkey
... were warned in the restaurant there were political problems and might be closing the town tomorrow. So this was the perfect end to the perfect day...
It all started in Erzican. Erzican is a nice little town, modern and friendly, people can’t do enough to help you out. As it turned out we got a hotel for 40 Turkish lira, that equates in real money to less than £20 and it came with breakfast. Breakfast was decent, a nice spread of things to choose from, or there would ...
Eastern Turkey. The Mountains.
... br> After it gets dark we reached the last town in Turkey before the Iranian border. Dirty and ******, nothing inthere, even electricity was gone soon after we log in to the hotel. This part of the country is aparently poorer than other regions and full of farmers and industry workers. And we were told, that tomorrow here takes place some demonstration against the goverment and town will be locked up, situation can even turn out in to the riots. ...
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Fitness/Health center
- Business Services