Urfa

Sanliurfa was a buzzing, clean, modern Arab-esque city. It was also incredibly hot with the thermometer in the campervan reading 50 degrees. We got airconditioned and fed and washed in a shopping mall and slept or tried to sleep in the car park of the archaeological museum, a modernist building with big plaza. We had spicy Turkish breakfast in the Pazaar and visited the famous gardens with 'sacred fish ponds' and Abraham's cave. We decided to have a quick look in the archaeology museum and are so glad we did because it provided a great narrative accompaniment to Gobekli Tepe and placed some of the historical sights we had seen in a timeline. H liked to see the animal and human reenactment scenes.Read more