Akdamar Island lies in the middle of Lake Van. On the island I found one of the few remaining Armenian churches left in Turkey, and a dark reminder of the events that violently shaped the landscape of a modern nation, in a strangely spectacular setting. It might...
Moving, and emotional. This is my personal experience of marching with the Armenians on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. Each year, on 24 April, the people of Yerevan make their way stoically to the top of the Tsitsernakaberd hill outside of the city, to...
These Photos Will Inspire You To Travel To Montenegro! I travelled to Montenegro, one of Europe’s newest members. Now I want to inspire you to do the same! A country which only split from its bigger neighbour Serbia in 2006, Montenegro is young and looking for a...
In search of giant heads. My Mount Nemrut travel expedition. I had travelled deep into central Turkey in search of the fabled, legendary giant heads of Nemrut Dagi- Mount Nemrut. Mount Nemrut is far from anything. I had travelled to the small, provincial town of...
I travelled to the ancient town of Hasankeyf in southern Turkey, an ancient Mesopotamian settlement in the cradle of civilization that may soon be completely flooded. “Hasankeyf is old”, Arjan tells me over a cup of steaming hot Chai on the banks of the...
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