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Castles, castles, castles.
... on. The bus then proceeded to drive to the north bus station to pick up all the customers.
The border crossing was interesting. I was on an overnight bus, so we got to the border point at about 2am, but we were not alone! There were hundreds of other bus passengers waiting to go through passport control. I got to the customs check point and saw that everybody in front of me was having their bags rifled through, but on presenting my passport, the guard just told ...
Van: The Pearl of the East
... Lake Van also boasts a (rumored) monster making it a bit like Loch Ness in Scotland.
After our arrival we took a short hike to explore Van Kalesi (Castle), also known as the Rock of Van, an ancient Urartu fortress dating from the eighth century BC. From the top of the which the ruins of the castle sit upon, there is are spectacular views for 360º around including views of Van Lake. A great time to ascend the hilltop ...
Van - See, Katzen, Frühstück
... hatte aber wirklich ziemlich Angst, vor allem auf dem Weg runter. Zum Glück haben uns ein paar Jugendliche in den schlimmsten Abschnitten geholfen und wir sind heil wieder runter gekommen - trotz glatter Sandalen. Der Ausblick von oben war schon toll und der Sonnenntergang im See schon einer der schönsten, die ich in der Türkei erlebt habe, aber richtig genießen konnte ich das leider nicht.
Am nächsten Morgen sind wir dann noch in die ...
To the shores of Van Golu
... inscriptions cut into the rockface. Further up the hill, Seljuk remnants.
Then to a big carpet factory for the whole dog & pony show. Some ok stuff but nothing called to me.....
Outside we saw some of the famous Van cats (which apparently love water and even swim; many have one blue & one yellow or brown eye).
Alarmed at 9.45pm by what I thought were gunshots ( turned out to be enthusiastic fireworks, part of a Kurdish wedding! ).
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Turkey- the land of closed and amazing weddings
... boiled lambs head and fried intestines, so we opted for a street donar instead. The next day we left early again to drive to Dogubayazit, or as our group started to affectionately call it, dog biscuit (much easier to pronounce). When we were driving there we drove through the town of Batman and took some pictures and then stopped at a village that was having a wedding. They invited us to join in. I thought our tour leader was joking, but sure enough we were invited ...
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