by ReptilianKittenEater » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:14 am
I was in Van, Dogubayazit, Erzerum and the Kachkar Mountains a few years ago. Neatest thing about the region is that it feels real old. Lake Van is ok, Erzerum you can do in an afternoon. Dogubayazit is good, the main attraction is climbing Mt Ararat (it is not too hard to find a guide that will take you up illegally, but if you want to go up legally you''ll have to deal with bureaucracy for a couple of months). It is bloody cold at the top. There are some neat 3000 year old ruins near the town. Don't bother looking for the ark.