Let’s go east ! Naz is our Turkish Mercedes Sprinter Motorhome. We bought her in 2021 with over 700,000km on her 2006 old lady clock. It’s been interesting, challenging and emotional to say the least, but mostly it’s been fabulous. Be sure to follow all our adventures and hopefully more to come. 7.9.21 Last night…
Lake Van is massive and so stunning 8.9.21 This morning John went for a swim in Lake Van. Not feeling so brave I opted for a cold shower and hair wash although John said the lake was warmer. John went off with a large bin bag and did some litter picking. I’m sure it’s an…
So much beauty and history Just fabulous 9.9.21 When we woke today in Tatvan we realised we were parked in a textile factory car park, people were arriving for work. We’d had the sleeping bag at the ready as although it was a wonderful 27 degrees in the daytime, then drops to 10 degrees at…
The east of Türkiye just gets better and better. 10.9.21 We left the Mardin scrapyard just after 9 am, we slept well, vaguely heard the cockerel and John muttering something about chicken pie. Our first stop was 3km away to Deyrulzafaran Monastery. It’s the busiest place we’ve visited so far and they were only letting…
Oh no!! 11.9.21 When we left Şanlıurfa last night we headed 12km north to Gobeklitepe, for today’s visit. When we arrived there were several security personnel who said we couldn’t park there overnight. One suggested 15km back to the central park or 3km to the forest track. We saw a sign for the forest but…
Not the normal holiday snaps 12.9.21 Today feels like it’s been a productive day. This morning our Gap Oto garage people brought us tea and fresh bread. How lovely. We were later given another loaf and invited to drink tea. I did some washing, and we put the dogs outside in the shade as it…
What news will today bring? 13.9.21 The water pump, belt and radiator didn’t arrive until 3 pm. The day really dragged. It was around 4pm by the time they finished what they were doing and fitted the parts. As soon as the parts were fitted, the moment of truth…. She started straight away, but when…
Most people go to Gaziantep for the famous cuisine. 15. 9.21 Ömer turned up at 5.45am,we were almost ready. The drive took 2 and a half hours to Gaziantep Sanayı which is absolutely huge. Ömer had a gear box which he dropped at one place, something else hr dropped at another place then our engine…
Will we be back on the road today? 16.9.21 Last night Naz’s side door handle broke. This morning John was very happy to find a brand new one in a garage nearby. We still have no idea what our bill is going to be for Ömers work so John did the 12km walk and back…
Time to continue our travels. 17.9.21 Naz was all finished and we were on the road by midday. There was a last minute panic over a necessary tiny O ring, the young lad scoured the sanay, but no! Ömer rummaged around and found one. Thank god. Our final bit of our bill.. 450tl for the…