Batman

The direct bus from Van to Mardin had sold out and we thought it would be a shame to pass up the opportunity to visit Batman anyway, so here we were, for a visit that was only meant to be a lunch stop and ended up taking most of the afternoon.

Included a very tasty and friendly lunch at the bus station and a very stressful trip to find a Batman sign, which included trying not to walk past the armed checkpoints, and an accidental diversion to the Jandarma outpost on the outside of town.

But we got our bananas and what we came for.

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