Tekin Hotel Van

Kucukcami Civari Van, Van, Turkey

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Vanmeer, middelpunt van de Oerartische beschaving

A travel blog entry by matini

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... en aanleg van nieuwe infrastructuur. Onze residag naar het Vanmeer blijkt de dag der bruiloften te zijn: er zijn talrijke vrolijke en luidtoeterende bruiloftskaravanen onderweg.
We overnachten op de camping Grand Deniz in Gevas (14 Euro, internetaansluiting) (www.granddenizturizm.com) direkt op het strand, waar we wel een onverwachte overval van muggen beleven erger nog dan in de Camargue. Hier ontmoeten we een jong duits koppel dat per fiets onderweg ...

Castles, castles, castles.

A travel blog entry by alexgrange

... I walked around for ages trying to find my bus, or even a hint of the bus company who issued my ticket. Eventually a helpful security guard walked me to the back of the station and pointed to an idling bus and told me to run to it. So I walked quickly, as it’s difficult and very sweaty to run with my bags on my back. The attendant first just shook his head and said no, but after I refused to get out the bus the driver asked to look at my ticket, and told me ...

Van - See, Katzen, Frühstück

A travel blog entry by anja281

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... vor, aber in der Türkei gehört das eben mit zur Gastfreundschaft. :)

Am Sonntag, dem 26. haben wir uns entschieden, eine organsierte Tour mit Harun zu unternehmen. Dadurch haben wir viel gesehen, sind aber sind auch viel Geld losgeworden (75 Lira pro Person!!!).
Zunächst haben wir Cavustepe besichtigt, eine alte Burg der Urartäer, die um 750 vor Christus gebaut wurde und dessen Grundmauern und sogar noch riesige Tontöpfe mit Getreide, die ...

To the shores of Van Golu

A travel blog entry by chagger1

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... looked more fertile. We stopped at Muradiye to cross the swing bridge & view the falls. Not far down the road we had our first view of Lake Van, a sizeable body of water (150km x 60km x 800m deep = Turkey's largest lake). The city of Van, our destination & lunchspot, was some 70km south on its eastern shores.
Modern Van is a C20 creation & is currently undergoing a population boom as troubles continue in Kurdish borderlands of Iraq & Iran. ...

Van & Haek "Amazing"

A travel blog entry by kdwali

... grandfather and other ancestors heralded.

He also liked to suffix observations with "amazing, really amazing". This provided some sport along the way :-)

On a bit of a "come down" following Syria, teaming up with Haek for a few days was to provide the revival needed.

He also offered me his flat in Yerevan as accomodation, should I go there.
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