Isfahan Hotel DogubeyazIt

... v*d siink*ndis *r**bl*sed j* kurdid, türkl*si ei leiduv*t. Abdull*h tööt*b *rheoloogi*v*ll*s j* m* lub*n enne är*sõitu minn* v**t*m* pildi pe*lt näid*t*v*t m**liliselt k*rv*k*sv*nud torni.<br>H*s*nkeyf on p*r*ku koht, millele l*st*kse pe*tselt vesi pe*le. Ehk siis umbes kolme **st* pär*st, mil viis kilomeetrit *ll*voolu ehit*t*v t*mm kogu m**-*l* üle ujut*b.<br>Torni nimi on Zeynelbey türbesi, 15. s*j*ndi h*u*k*mber, mis meenut*b ir**ni mos ...

... ous cho&#305;ce. People started com&#305;ng &#305;n and some even sat next to h&#305;m and just stared at h&#305;m. He just &#305;gnored them totally. Dur&#305;ng one of the 'pee' stops I str&#305;ked a conversat&#305;on w&#305;th h&#305;m. He was only go&#305;ng to Igd&#305;r and see &#305;f he can trek around Mount Ararat. Dur&#305;ng our short conversat&#305;on he d&#305;d not once look at me, wh&#305;ch was we&#305;rd and I d&#305;dnt get any good v ...

... On an excursion south of Van I had met three young Turkish fellows, two of them teachers (the third being the young brother of one). They invited me to spend the night with them in the small town east of Van in which one of them taught. Except for the drive back to Van in the morning, through some mild scenery, it was a friendly excursion, but not much more.<br><br>Then their plan was to drive north to the town of Ercis to visit the family of the one ...

... the photos are self explanatory but you are very welcome to visit my Mt Ararat June 2009 climb in aid of Bowel Cancer for more info.<br><br>Change of mind - I would like to say a little bit about our climb - AWESOME!!!!! We have never climbed at high altitude before, certainly never climbed such a high mountain, never climbed in snow, never climbed over glaciers, never slept in a tent in a snow ...

... Our bathroom facilities in the campsite were little to be desired. The showers were flooded ankle deep and smelt like toilet, and we only had squat toilets, now christened "Steve-Os" because of his intense dislike of the whole experience of them. We all spent a bizarre evening in the campsite bar, dancing with Turkish men to Turkish music, drinking Turkish beer. It was a relatively big night because we all knew that in a few days ...

As we headed north up the western boarder of Turkey, a stop in Dogubayazit was essential. (It's pronounced "doh-oo-bay-yah-zuht." If you give up, do what we did and just call it "dog biscuit.") The city has 2 things on offer - the incredibly scenic Ishak Pasa Palace and fabulous views of Turkey's highest mountain, Mt Ararat. It also has a sizable military presence as the city sits nestled ...

Travelled from Kars/Ani to Dogubayazit (we call it Dog Biscuit) to visit the Ishak Pasa Palace. Very beautiful and dramatic on the mountainside. Ran into a man when we got off the bus who is a tour guide and import/export business, and he invited us into his office for tea, gave us lunch, and set up our tour of the palace and a pickup for ...

Hopefully this current spell of blogs isn't overkill but I'm seizing the moment. I am never sure when the opportunity will come again, maybe tommorrow, maybe next month. We find ourselves in Doggybiscuit today which sits beneath Mt Ararat (biggest mountain in Turkey) and is the last outpost before Iran. Tanks and armoured vehicles are everywhere (post Kurd-Turk civil war precautions) and the area doesn't support any tourism bar the main attractions ...

Destination 66: km61'027 9 Tage hat es gebraucht, bis ich wieder im Besitz meiner Ausweise bin und es haette keinen Tag mehr sein duerfen! Die Verhaeltnisse waren seit Tagen dramatisch; eisig kalt und noch regnerisch. Die Fahrt nach Gürbulak hat mich bei uebelsten Verhaeltnissen nochmal bis aufs Blut gefordert! Grenzgang verlief zwar chaotisch unuebersichtlich, aber bei so wenig Grenzverkehr hatte ich dafuer eine Assistentin. Endlich wieder Unterkunft in Hotel in Maku und Zeit, alles ...

You know you are in Kurdistan when the children on the side of the roads, instead of waving at you, are throwing rocks... but you also know because the landscape changes dramatically and the green golden hills make your heart beat faster. One of the highlights of the ...