Barhal, Turkey

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 ...

... of the Purcell mountains in BC and suddenly made the connection; that this peculiar region of Turkey looks nearly identical to the interior of British Columbia. "Barhal is big mountain, Canada is mountain... world much same... ÇOK GÜZEL!" ("Very beautiful ...

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