Blogs from Middle East - page 870

Kurdistan-Express Notre passage en Turquie fut très bref puisque nous y sommes restés seulement deux nuits. Vous avez sans doute dut vous en rendre compte depuis que vous suivez nos aventures, notre spécialité à nous, c'est de voyager au fil des opportunités et des suggestions que l'on nous propose, sans jamais savoir où nous dormirons le soir, ni même dans qu'elle ville nous finirons... ... force est de croire que cela nous réussi pas trop mal ! (certains signes nous laisse cependant à soupconner que la providence n'est jamais bien loin ;P ) Nous avions prévu de ne pas nous arrêter en Truquie, pour des raisons de temps, le fait que la journaliste française rencontrée en Arménie nous ai donné un contact kurde là-bas nous a cependant fait craquer... et voilà, encore un changement de programme ... read more

The island is named after one of poseidons sons. Quick run across from Turkish waters back to Greeks. Beautifull village on the hills of a cove in a dry island. We went across a shortcut that put us right into the cove. Very colorfull italian almost venetian village. Touristic waterfront with nice restaurants and shops. Village of night fairies and weather premonitions. Last night and treated myself with some stone rings, organic greek cotton clothes, dark chocolte and pistaccio bars.... read more

I had a falafel today.... AND IT WAS GREAT!!!!!! :)... read more

well, how can i possibly be writing a blog right now when i am so relaxed i barely bother to think anymore...??? the reason being, we just did a blue cruise that ended in olympos. but i will go back to the beginning of sorts, to santorini. Santorini, one of the most beautiful of Greek islands, was created by a volcano and was further molded and moved by subsequent volcanoes and earthquakes. It's a fairly small island and is the shape of a smile, and where the nose should sit, is a semi dormant volcanic island. And where the eyes would be, is another island that used to be connected to Santorini. Hope that makes sense! All up one side of the island is a big cliff face with multiple colours (white, red, black, grey, brown), ... read more

We left Istanbul and headed inland to Cappadocia. It's incredible here, the landscape is like something from a different planet. There are solid towering cones all over the landscape that were formed from ancient volcanic erosion. The locals call the cone- like formations "fairy Chimney's". Apparently because they couldn't imagine humans building them, so they figured fairies did (?). The history in this region is quite overwhelming and we hardly managed to get it all. But, it's mentioned in the bible and has been inhabited since the 6th century BC! Many of the caves were transformed into functional spaces and used as houses, churches, and factories. Entire cities were built using the structures. Unfortunately the iconic intolerance of Muslim invaders and European treasure hunters is apparent everywhere. Many of the frescos and ruins in Turkey have ... read more