http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Southeastern-Anatolia/Mardin/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Turkey , Southeastern Anatolia , Mardin en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:48:28 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:48:28 UTC The heat in Hasankeyf was a fierce test of our stamina. Thankfully we both passed but my camera failed miserably and now only takes pictures with horizontal stripes. Though even with a frustrating setback like that it's hard to complain about much of anything right now. We have after all lately been spending most of our time in paradise...Our next stop was unforgettable Savur. We rolled http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Turkey/Southeastern-Anatolia/Mardin/blog-301920.html Before starting about day 4 I forgot to add in the previous entry that we went to a small restaurant in Mardin the capital of Kurdish area. The people there were extremely gentle and kind to us the music was a blast and the food A LOT hehehehehe I danced a lot I didn't eat so much but again I danced like crazy with all the girls belly dancers we could be Early in the morning we left http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Turkey/Southeastern-Anatolia/Mardin/blog-184224.html I'm in Mardin the final stop before Syria. Perched on the side of a hill crowned with a castle containing an immense radar dome spying on the middle east on behalf of NATO packed with historical honeycolored houses lining crooked streets Mardin is a real beauty. At least the old city is. There's the obligatory concrete sprawl but it's kept in the back so as to not ruin the view. And the http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Turkey/Southeastern-Anatolia/Mardin/blog-2418.html