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We have once again chosen to Turkey, not Turkey Classic
touristicization and the Istanbul Cappadocia, Ankara ... .., but Turkey or eastern Kurdistan, the Tigris and Euphrates, Mount Ararat, the land of Abraham ... ... A journey of 40 days and 9200 km in fact May and June 2007 when the weather is not yet fully summer, the days are long and temperatures easily bearable. One curiosity: Since Turkey extends in the direction of the sunset in the parallel period of our journey is at 21 and beyond on the Aegean coast and 20 foot of Ararat the easternmost point of our journey.
Crossing quickly come to Istanbul using a bell'autostrada Safranbolu, known for a big group of well-preserved Ottoman houses and a major destination for domestic tourists, and here on the Black Sea coast
The green of the woods, with the flowering of the rhododendrons and the blue of the sea are the backdrop for this beautiful stretch of winding road and close to Sinop and then beautiful, large and well paved up to Trabzon. Along the way, is
a must detour inland to Amasya, one of the most beautiful places in Turkey, built on the banks of the river Yesilirmak, a city where it is pleasant to walk on the riverside of the which are an assemblage of picturesque half-timbered Ottoman houses, large interest are the historical sites, especially the rock tombs of the kings of Pontus, the fine old mosques and medresse (Koranic schools) and numerous hamam dating back six centuries ago and are still fully functional and regularly used by local people. A Trabzon leave the sea to rise Anatolian plateau, from now on we will always share between 1500 and 2000 m with peaks of 2500. Now the greek Orthodox Monastery Sumela, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, founded in the Byzantine era and now abandoned, clinging to a steep cliff overlooking a rushing stream. Always
eastward through Erzurum, the valley of Tortum with the visit of Georgian churches and the castle which dates back to Oltu 1000 BC we have reached Ani, whose ruins, scattered on a plateau overlooking a canyon that marks the turkish-Armenian border, speak of the greatness of what was once the capital of Armenia from 916 and largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1319 .
The mountain forests have given way to grasslands and steppes, herds of horses, cows, goats ....
descend along the Armenian border, the villages with roofs of earth alternate with tents of nomadic herders until Dogubayazit where the evening, lit by the setting sun, we see Mount Ararat in all its majesty.
After Dogubayazit town along the Iranian border, numerous checkpoints, soldiers are very friendly and recognize us as soon as there are tourists continue. It 'also the highest road is a step to 2644 m. We go down to Lake Van, (1720 m above sea level) and give us two full days of rest in a camp, so to speak, before the island of Akdamar where we visit the Church of Santa Croce, one of the wonders of ' Armenian religious architecture built around the year 900 AD. Rest
face the road to Dyarbakir, really bad has put a strain on the camper and the driver, it must be said, however, that Work is ongoing to modernize it.
Dyarbakir, the capital of Kurdistan turkish, enclosed by a mighty walls of black basalt from which you can see the Tigris River, is a different world! is beautiful? is not beautiful? must see it and immerse yourself in the life of the inhabitants and their customs. A
Siverek leave the road to ferry us back to the west on a bra
ccio the largest artificial lake (GAP) and go to the National Park of Mount Nemrut. Around 50 BC the summit of Mount Nemrut was converted by King Antiochus I of Commagene in a huge mausoleum decorated with colossal statues that depicted together with the gods. Many of the statues were beheaded by the earthquakes and now heads lying at the foot of the statues. I got out of a flat route Nemrut and rich crop of pistachios is leading us to Sanliurfa city of the prophets where legend has it that God rescued Abraham from death sentence imposed on him by King Nimrod. Sanliurfa, because of its proximity to Syria, the Middle East is the city most of our trip where we saw the wonderful bazaar in chador women and men wearing traditional Arab wide trousers. A few miles away, virtually on the Syrian border, we visited Harran where Abraham lived for some years in 1900 BC
After passing over the bridge that crosses the Euphrates Biracik the road along the Mediterranean coast brings us back to the house.
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