Türkei Teil 3: Kappadokien bis zur Grenze
on the day i left the Sun was Shining
on my Way to Ürgüp
after Ürgüp the Road leads steep up the Hill
end ends in Snow up there
Also the Birdshouses where out of Bricks
on my Way to Kayseri
somewhere on the Road... here you see the very Raw Asphalt they mostly use
The Main Mosque in Kayseri
3917m high Erciyes Dagi short after Kayseri
the Karavanserey of Karatey, historical Restplace for Caravans of Medieval TImes
Kids along the Road
on the Highplateau Direction Pinarbasi
The Road leads, always the Mountains in Sight, over the Plateau
short before Pinarbasi
from time to time someone tried to ride my Bike
On my Way up to Ziyarettepesi Gecedi
The Gorge of Sucati River
View back into the Valley of the Sucati...
...while in the front the Next Mountains are growing from the Horizon
Darende, a little Town along the Road
Afterwards they got a lot of Apricot-Stalls
A Break in one of the Apricot-Stalls
a lot of Wells along the Road, this one also got Soap
as i reached the Top i was back in the Snow
The Karakaya Baraji...
...i rode along for a time
from time to time there was a flat tire that needed to repair
The Holidaycamps felt asleep for winter
the best thing you can do with such a weather
short Cay Break at a Police-Station
well builded the road winds through the narrow Maden Cayi-River Valley
Maden a Town squeezed into the Valley...
remembers me of Nepal :-)
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A View into the hilly Kurdistan
Breakfast-Break along the Road
In the Citywall of Diyarbakir
underneath the Citywalls the poor peoples Quarter grows
a Street-Restaurant... take a look at the Background...
Impressing Wall and they try to make a nice Sourrounding
Kids in the Streets of Diyarbakir
The Mainmosque of the City, a former Church
the Oldtown is a collection of narrow Pathways...
...where some pearls start crumbeling years ago
Marks of former Police-Attacks doesn´t bother the Boy
View down into the Meadows of River Tigris
And the Trucks start looking more and more Asian
River Tigris
Hasankeyf
A display you are never looking for... but this time just technical Problems of the ATM
the landscape is rocky and you can find little village allover
along the Road wild Horses crossed my way
these three were much more subdued
from time to time mixed herds crossed my way
a Cay-Break in Dagecit in remote Kurdistan
The Constructionsite of Ilisu Dam Wall
upon Tigris Gorge
in the Remote Areas the people are used to walk
the Road leading down into the Gorge
idyllic Village topping little Hills
View along the Valley down to the Dam Wall... that shows how high the water will rise
The Road winds along the River
sometimes there are some slopes over the Rocks
My Guys from Siirt in the Morning...
abandonded Villages next to the River
after all i had to leave the Gorge
The Houses are mostly painted, but just the ones laying over the aproximatly waterlevel
i followed for a time the Botan Cayi River Gorge
before i climbed up to Siirt in the Evening
View over Siirt to the Mountains in the East
Oldtown of Siirt
Evening Okey-Gametime
there it is gone... my Hair
my "Kuaför" already working on the next one...
this way my Selfie-Videos were made
a very special Place on Top of Botan Cayi RIver Gorge
two syrian Refugees working at a Petrol-Station in Siirt
Some Villages are connected by by suspension bridges
The Rivervalley up to Van Gölü is deeply cut into the Landscape
old meets new... they also extend the Road and the hitoric Bridge looks a little bit lost...
The Peaks were a little bit snowpowdered
Oldtown of Bitlis with it´s Castle
along the higher parts of Southcoast everythig was Snowcovered
the Southcoast more East
Short after Kuskunkiran-Pass
and there it is, the first Iran-Sign... The donkey doesn´t matter about it
View back to the Pass and it´s sourounding Mountains
Two Fishtraders at the Roadside
next to the Lake... Beautiful
without Stand it´s better to lay down ;-)
the Akdamar-Church
wonderful situated on a island in the Lake
excellent Barbeque one Evening in Van
selfmade Kebab, very Tasty!