In Dog Biscuit or Dogubayazit! Crossing to Iran this morning....Staring up at Mount Ararat where Noah's Ark is meant to be lying!Have a had a astounding time in the East of Turkey, mainly hanging out with the Kurdish people which are the majority of the population in the East and very friendly! Especially when you speak their language and mention the name of their superstar singer Sivan Pewar!!! (try listening to some of his music - it rocks)! Van sits on a l...

Just arrived in Van after a 9 hour overnight bus ride!!! Knackered!!Going to attempt to get to an island in the middle of the lake now...

hey guys, as you can see. this was PRETTY COOL. drove up in the mountains of turkey to 2200 metres (still snow lying around) and checked out the statues of a kings tomb over 2000 years old. you might recognise the images as its quite famous. was a superb day drive through rugged terrain and then watching the sunset on the mountain was pretty unreal. an elderly canadian couple accompanied me up the mountain and a crazy old dutch woman too! we slept the night in ...

Hello from Turkey! I arrived in Turkey yesterday crossing the border from Iran to Antakya (Antioch). Not too much to see and do in Antioch, so i bought a ticket for a 9 hour bus ride to Malatya (where i am now). In the time between, i took a bus into town and checked out the ancient chapel of saint peter's. (Mum you will like this - as i have now have some major points with j.c.). This was a beautiful chapel in a cave on the side of a mountain where Peter used t...

Hi everyone!!! Welcome to my blog as i travel through the middle east and central asia. I'm in London at the moment and fly to Damascus this Saturday 5th May! Still in the last minute throes of organising everything and generally running around like a headless chicken! Almost doing more than i used to at work! Hopefully there will be a lot of internet access along the way and i can share my photos and experiences with you all! enjoy and thanks for looking an...