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We had walked amongst and stood in awe of the inspiring ruins of Ani the once Armenian City (45 km east), but it would have been so good to spend another couple of days in Kars. The dark and menacing castle was beckoning, but we chose instead to spend our last remaining hours there walking the …
Kars to Artvin Day 6 of an Eastern Turkey Road TripRead More
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Driving through Eastern Turkey was one of our better Travel Decisions, although I didn’t always think so. A stomach complaint in Dogubayazit left me momentarily wishing we had not stepped off the well worn tourist trail of the West coast. I had manipulated things to fit this Eastern Turkey Road Trip in to our six …
Dogubayazit to Kars Day 5 of an Eastern Turkey Road TripRead More
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On 8th October, 2013 we were in Dogubayazit Turkey, fulfilling a dream, namely to visit the Ishak Pasha Palace in the far east of Turkey. Although we had some idea what the Palace would be like, (you can see our photos here), we had no idea what the town itself would be like. In case …
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Day 3 of our Eastern Turkey Road Trip dawned in Tortum, a small town we had not heard of prior to our arrival the evening before. We had stayed late in the day hunting Georgian Churches and assumed it would be easy to find a place to stay. It was not. We asked around. Pansiyon? …
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We decided on the spur of the moment to visit Kampong Pluk a fishing village on Tonle Sap some 30 km south-east of Siem Reap in Cambodia. [pinit] During three weeks in Cambodia in 2013 we spent four days in Siem Reap. Our spontaneous decision was made on a day trip to Beng Melea, an impressive ruined …
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Day 2 of our Eastern Turkey journey, saw Birol of Greenpiece Camping and Pansiyon suggesting we retrace our steps 7km down the road to Ispir to visit the Georgian church at Tekkale. We did not have it in our hearts to revisit that particular 7 km of road, so when he then suggested the Church …
Exploring the Georgian Mountains of North East TurkeyRead More
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As day broke on our 14 hour Suha Bus journey from Goreme in Cappadocia, we were greeted by the rain, grey clouds and grey water of the Black Sea. On land this area of Turkey is lush and green, and why wouldn’t it be, with a whopping 2500 mm of rain falling each year. It …
When to visit the Black Sea Coast and Eastern Turkey plus a Road Trip SurpriseRead More
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The spectacular scenery and great roads of Eastern Turkey make for a wonderful Eastern Turkey road trip. On this trip we are not travelling by car from Western Turkey, but starting out from Trabzon in the north on the Black Sea and doing a round trip as far south as Dogubayazit, to see Ishak Pasha …
