to : Bulgaria
 from / to : Greecefrom : Iran
                  detour / detour : North-Cyprus

PART OF THE 2000-2001 TRIP
read about the trip for 2000 : § 1 2
read about the trip for 2001 : § 3 4
banknotes / billets de banque
see also: photos from 2005
détails sur le voyage pour 2000 : § 1 2
détails sur le voyage pour 2001 : § 3 4

 

Istanbul : local guy diving from a shipwreck

 

Sunset on the coast near Fetiye

 

Kappadoccia : Ortishar

 

Amasra, on the Black Sea coast

 

Mount Ararat from Dogubeyazit

 

The citadel and mosque of Ishak Pasa Sarayi near Doyubeyazit
(more castles and citadels this this gallery)

 

Sanli Urfa : Halil Rahman Mosque in Sanli Urfa
(this town claims to be the birth place of the prophet Abraham and many pilgrims come here

 

The "Door of the Kings" in the ruins of the Hittites capital Hattusa
now near Bogazköy in Central Anatolia

 

Amasya

 

Carving of Hercules shaking hand with the king of Arsamenia, Mithradates
near the Nemrut mountain (the area is rich in archeological remains)

 

Limestone pools of Pamukkale
(similar terrassed pools can be found at Bai Shui Tai, Tibet)

 

Amphitheatre of Hierapolis (Greek for 'holy city')

 

Roman ruins in Side : the Temple of Apollo

 

  to : Bulgaria
 from / to : Greecefrom : Iran
                  detour / detour : North-Cyprus

PART OF THE 2000-2001 TRIP
read about the trip for 2000 : § 1 2
read about the trip for 2001 : § 3 4
banknotes / billets de banque
see also: photos from 2005
détails sur le voyage pour 2000 : § 1 2
détails sur le voyage pour 2001 : § 3 4