 | Van, Turkey |
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... soap!). Cats - cats with white fur and one green eye and one blue eye. But wait - there's more! They like swimming!!! Van Kalesi - huge ruin of the old fortress. We arrived pretty early from our shocker bus ride. But we got cake and tea for ...
Greetings from deep, dark, Eastern Turkey. Yes, we're in Van. Van is one of the places that everyone you bump into tells you just have to visit. So of course we hated it for one reason or another. Van's main claim to fame is Van Lake (3rd biggest in ...
... There was also a tomb that a Muslim Holy Man was buried in. We eventually found it but it was all locked up. Basically, here in Turkey, any tomb or cave, the locals shit in, so we could only think that the reason for it being closed, was to stop it being ...
... noting a visit by space aliens. I had a little trouble finding my way to the proper otogar to continue on from Van. Sometimes the directions in the Lonely Planet guide books are less than adequate. And, being a former technical illustrator and writer, ...
Akdamar Island, Van, Van, Turkey
5 km from the city center, Van, Van, Turkey
Van, Van, Turkey
60 km from Van on the road to Baskale, Van, Van, Turkey
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Eastern Anatolia in October?
Posted on Nov 8, 2009, 17:51:05
... the colorful rock, which is probably hidden behind water in the spring. Ulu mosque in Erzurum was the first mosque I visited in Turkey. A nice peaceful place. And Erzurum Evleri restaurant is a nice place to eat. In Erzurum I parted with my car and flew ...
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Turkey bans smoking inside
Posted on May 21, 2008, 09:16:37
... in all public buildings and places of work in UK. Even if you're a van driver you have to put up a no smoking sign in the van and not smoke there! I think it's great as a non smoker to be able to go into a pub and not come back smelling like ...
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Eastern Turkey Photographs
Posted on Nov 4, 2009, 06:52:06
Here are a few photographs of places to visit when travelling through the eastern part of Turkey. We have visited most of them so if you want any more information, please let me know. These two photographs show Harran, close to the Syrian border, and one ...
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Is Turkey safe?
Posted on Jul 28, 2008, 14:35:30
we are in turkey at the moment, and we have had no problems at all. We are in a camper van, and have free camped a bit and have only ever been meet with the up most kindness. We heard about the german backpackers who were kidnaped, and we visited the ...
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