Saturday, April 19, 2008

Malatya

Malatya - you know the feeling when you enter a city and you just like it.
Happened to me here. Good inexpensive accommodation; smiling people on the street; women on the street; shops; restaurants; everything - even a cinema.
İ decided to finally sleep twice in the same bed and did a day tour to "Old Malatya" - Battalgazi.
Turned out to be 50km/430m with the little detours İ included.
İ really like it here.
Unfortunately today was loosing day - tore my trousers, and somehow managed to loose my spare chain - which is very bad. Hope it turns up otherwise İ will have to find a local spare.
Well don't ask how it happened - İ still have no clue and have been cursing myself for the whole evening.
İ got a nice computer virus (which İ know from SE Asia - fortunately no pictures were lost; but İ have to say again: İ hate Windows! Thank God İ am still good enough in the DOS shell - even in Turkish:)

On the way to Malatya

İn the Seljuk Mosque with the local kids - great fun :)

the dome...

İ guess that is what the İmam is preaching from :)



the old parts of the building

taken by one of the kids


on the way back to Malatya

The mountains in the back are in my way to Nemrut Dagi :(


my bike is soooooo beautiful


want to have a weekend home ??

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