Monday, March 14, 2005
In search of Noah
Our journey east into Kurdistan took us to Doğubeyazit, the home of Mount Ararat and the final resting place of Noah's Ark (as legend has it). I wish there were something interesting that I could write about it but unfortunately such is not the case. It is a huge mountain with snow on it...
Sadly the most exciting part of the trip was the massive military base at the foot of the mountain which is home to thousands of tanks and the large amounts of propaganda which are no doubt there to remind the Kurdish population how happy they are to be Turkish.
Ishakpaşa Serai
As we walked past the base to Ishakpaşa Serai (a fort that is on the 100Lira note) a group of children on their way home from school walked and entertained us. If we stopped for more then a second we were whistled at by the whistle bitch, a soldier whose only job on the base is to stand at the fence and whistle if people stop to look.
We explored the mountains around the fort and tried to get a better view of Ararat to see the ark itself, but wouldn't you know it.... It isn't there.
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