Karadut Pansiyon
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Adiyaman
I traveled from Konya to Adiyaman with the Semerkant bus company. This local bus company was descent, but the ride took 11 hours. Karadut Pension is well worth the price: 20 YTL per night plus 80 YTL for an optional tour of Mount Nemrut. The Owner of the Pension: mid-40s; a very pleasant Kurd; always tries to do his best; strictly anti-PKK; …
Mt Nemrut and mulberry syrup
Travel by ferry this time - I can well believe something biblical happening here - if you told me that an army of Roman soldiers were matching around the corner of the mountains I would believe you. The scenery is stunning and the ferry trip a real treat.
Drive to Nemrut Dagi discovered in 1881 by a German engineer, employed by the …
Last week
... Galatasaray Adasi for dinner and music. Ada means island. It is actually a huge barge where there are several restaurants and a pool. You take a small boat to deliver you to the barge. Normally they have live music on Wednesdays but since it was close to the start of Ramazan/Ramadan there was no music. We met up with Esin's sister, Esra, and her boyfriend and Omer came to join us. After enjoying a drink in one of the bars we headed to 360 Restaurant. We sat in a curved ...
Weird wonderland
... have two days here.
Before leaving Brisbane we did our homework and can pick up some really good Turkish or mid Eastern carpets right there which are probably more to our taste and less hassle. We are thinking of getting a small wall hanging though.
In the evening we again had a go at internet banking - this time we bought a beer and used a cafe's wi-fi, it got us onto the ANZ site but it was down for maintenance. Wonder if ...