I haven't really had any plans for the past week so I thought I might use my internet time to open up a discussion on the finer points in life. Fortunately this part of the world is, or has been, replete with three of the four points of discussion. The fourth, work, is unfortunately a little scarce all over Turkey. In short, if you want to avoid it, come here. I left you guys in Trabzon with a bus ticket to Dogubeyazit burning a hole in my pocket. This is the most easterly town in Turkey & just a stone's throw from Iran. It's also deep inside Kurdistan, and the military checkpoint at 3am was the first of many. In short, Kurdistan doesn't exist. The Kurds are a formerly nomadic people who make up around 80%
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