These are a selection of photo's from the rest of our trip into the Eastern hinterland of Turkey. You definitely get a sense that you are in the East, especially as we were travelling on the actual Silk road which used to carry trade all the way from China to Europe. This part of Turkey is also very conservatively Muslim, and coupled with it being Ramadan while we were there, it made for a very interesting version of Turkey to experience, especially after coming from Istanbul and the coast, where tourism is the main industry. We had a great time in this part of Turkey, and we can recommend to anyone to get to this part of the country if you can. The Harran village, with its bee-hive homes was especially interesting, and surprising to see
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