Otel Tahran DogubeyazIt

... midagi meetrit.<br>Paleeni jõudes pole seal kedagi muud kui kanadalane Owen, kes nukralt kivihunniku otsas istub. Veedame informatiivse pooltunni, kuniks saabuvad kaks meest võtmega. Asi oli ootamist väärt. Restaureeritud on taaskord hästi ja paar inimest saabuvad alles siis, kui lahkuma hakkan. Uitame mööda pasha ja haaremi eluruume. Kõige vägevam on moshee, kus säilinud on ka kuplimaalingud. Või uuesti joonistatud. Helipildi eest ...

11 Oct<br>I caught the 10am minibus to Igd&#305;r (actually a dolmu&#351; sent us to the bus stat&#305;on to transfer to a b&#305;gger bus) after a 2 hour wa&#305;t &#305;n the bus off&#305;ce. Wh&#305;le wa&#305;t&#305;ng an Austral&#305;an guy (I could tell by h&#305;s accent) wear&#305;ng a cowboy/bush hat walked &#305;n and asked for the same bus as m&#305;ne. I was f&#305;nally glad that for once I'm attract&#305;ng any attent&#305;on as he was the obv ...

The Ishak Pasha Palace--one of many iconic images of Turkey--was another site I have missed visiting on two previous passes through northeastern Turkey. So, that was added to my objectives as my days left in Turkey were running low.<br><br>The last legs in getting to the near-by town of Do&#287;ubayaz&#305;t started to look a little problematical as I moved on from Van to the north. Though I covered that somewhat in the previous blog, I'll reiterate here.<br ...

We are 500 metres from Iran at one point, the landscape is volcanic like the moon, the Armenian border 50 metres away!<br><br>So we've been on the Iran, Iraq, Syrian and Armenian borders this holiday.<br><br>I'm attaching photos of our climb for you to enjoy. I can highly recommend this as part of your holiday but please make sure you have kept your fitness levels up prior to the climb.<br><br>I ...

We drove past Lake Van again before heading East to Dogubayazit, or 'Doggy Biscuit', a frontier town on the Iranian border. We were treated to a stunning view of Mt. Ararat coming down the mountain pass. &#8216;Doggy Biscuit&#8217; was the first real time I've felt quite out of my depth so far. ************e spoke English and the women were all stared at if we weren't covering our heads, even though it wasn't technically law there ...

Hi all Just a quick update today. We are now in Dogubeyazit on the Iran Turkish border and are due to head to Iran tomorrow. Since leaving Ankara we have covered a LOT of miles - 2 days of 12 hours travel each day and another of 5 hours. These are very long and tiring but we all seem to cope quite well with them as we go. A highlight of Ankara was the Turkish bath we had. Both of us had full salt rubs and massages ...

Mark 2000km in 4 days...from Istanbul to the border with Iran. It has been very sad without our "co-pilot"... my Dad. Thankfully we left him in Istanbul with a definite plan of getting home which he was happy with as well. Iran is ahead of us. All the "bad" news and stereotypes fill our heads but we know it won't be true :-). Tomorrow we will see! Our route... Day 1 : Istanbul to Amasra 482km Day 2 : Amasra to Unye. Lots of curves and a slow 624km! Tried to leave Unye ...

Again, a man was on hand to 'help' when I arrived in at Dogubayazit. He was a passenger on my bus and beckoned to me to follow him. Obediently I followed, and a few minutes later arrived at a cheap hotel. The gentleman paid for my room (oh so coincidently ...

... at least three days lost in bazaars, one with 4500 shops (mainly Argos-style jewellery). Saw very peculiar sight involving 3 dogs, but only Tadek and The Swede will know about THAT. Sat and watched Blue Mosque Light Show, and enjoyed more apple tea whilst listening to David Niven tell us about the history. Accosted by hairy New Zealander in nightclub, who turned out to be the same as the clean-shaven one we met in Sarajevo. This eventually led to a whole day of throwing rice ...