Artvin, Turkey

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Barhal, a small village of about 1,000 people, provided us with a much needed place to rest at roughly the half-way point of our trip.  Set in the eastern side of the Kackar Mountains, it has a wonderful view of the mountains, a swiftly moving river ...

... at me, stuart however sprayed them with water so 1-1!!! You can really feel that we have crossed in t far east of turkey. Lots of construction and dam projects. New roads being built with Iranian truckies flying past. Supposedly the area we are in now ...

well all is going to plan as per usual. 12 hours in transit to get to the mtn village of Yusufeli in one day (ended up being dumped 10 kms away in the pitch black, that'll teach me to ask if there are any other buses when İ've been told I've mıssed ...