EASTERN TURKEY- VAN LIFE ROAD TRIP FROM VAN TO MARDIN [S6-E167]
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- After living in our van for over 3 years we've found some amazing wild camping spots but we've found the best one yet on our van life adventure driving from Van to Mardin in the East of Turkey.
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Travel vlog 460 | Filmed Oct 2021| Van
Turkey | Country 31/197
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A BEAUTIFUL KURDISH CITY
Dont understand why you would like to thread the globe.... Turkey is after all the best country in the world..... And it would take a life time to see whole Turkey.... Just stay in paradise and share you're beautifull Journey ♥️♥️♥️ And when ever you're in Marmaris come visit us, would love to meet you
Thank you
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The bird you saw by the lake in Van is a Hoopoe
" İbibik Kuşu " in Turkish
Tekerinize taş değmesin. Çok seviliyorsunuz❤️
We love you too 🌺🤗🇹🇷🇬🇧🚐🙌 Marianne, Chris and Trudy xx
When we visited Van Castle, we were in awe by the history and the stunning views!!!!! The food were really tasty as well. We are glad you guys made it to the Van Castle. The drive around Lake Van is also something NOT to miss while you are in this area. Best dialogue of this vlog "I am literally unable to stop eating this bread." We are glad you guys are exploring the east where barely any tourists visit. Love & respect from Bangladesh
Very beautiful, I long to get a chance to visit Turkey one day.
Another good road trip video.. Batman is the oil city of Turkey. I was there for summer apprenticeship during university years, about 50years ago.. :)) The roads look so good nowadays..
Sounds great!
Eastern Anatolia looks very beautiful... So mesmerisingly natural and breath-taking. Thank you Chris & Marianne for sharing your experiences of this wonderful country.
Our pleasure! Thank you for watching 🌺
Wow, that’s a huge breakfast. However, I thought a classic van breakfast was breakfast in the van 😆 As for the city of Batman, I didn’t see anyone driving a Batmobile 😂
LOL
Ha ha 🤣👍
If you watch the whole film, is shot in daylights...The Turks drives the Batmobile in the night.
Loving this series - I think these guys are doing more for tourism in Turkey than the Turkish tourist board. Beautiful country and the cradle of civilisation.
Great to see a Hoopoe bird in Turkey - I was born in South Africa and used to seeing them and hearing their distinctive call. Thank you for your vlogs - from Brisbane Australia.
Thanks for the information Veronica - Kind regards Marianne
@@TREADtheglobe Actually a Eurasian Hoopoe, scientific name Upupa epops. Distinct from the Southern Africa species.
To see the hoopoe birds is possible in almost all cities in Turkey.
This scenery is completely different to say than the coast . It is so diverse !
I will never be tired to say that the Turkish hospitality is unique in the world. Congratulations for one more amazing video. Congratulations.
Chris, your mysterious bird is a Hoopoe. Great video as always, keep them coming!
" İbibik Kuşu " in Turkish
Wiedehopf in German
Cool, thanks
This is my home town and I am watching with tears on my eyes my childhood City WAN ez ji te gellek hes dikim!Biji Kurd u Kurdistan!
Aaah, love the friendly encounters. Such kindness. 🥰 love the wide open spaces. Stunning area!
The best!
Hey dear how are you doing?
Türkiye'nin Doğusuna gitmeyin diyenlere inanmayın en misafirperver insanlar orda
Aslinda doğuyu kötülerken faşist ve barbar taraflarını açığa cikartiyorlar.
Thank you
What an amazing castle. It's hard to imagine the manpower it took to build something that large on a steep incline. Having to move all that stonework up those tracks.
Wow - exactly !! We have been blown away by the amount of inaccessible places that have been built on !! We have really enjoyed this side of Turkey 🤗👍🌺
i think the bird was a hoopoe!
beautiful camping spot! Just longing to see Van! We are getting close to finishing our van and then we can start exploring again! ❤️❤️❤️
Woo. Hoo - We are so happy for you to be off on your adventures too !! Love M xx
That breakfast looked so delicious. There is nothing as delightful as freshly baked bread. Everyone seems so kind and friendly. That is one of the reasons I am so keen to visit Turkey.
It really is great and everyone really is that friendly !
@@TREADtheglobe I can't wait to visit Turkey!
@@2Travelis2Live me too😀. Greetings from Ireland ☘.
İbibik kuşu nadir türlerden çok temiz olan doğal yerlerde yaşar yolunuz açık olsun.
Wow - thanks for the info
Lake Van, what a beautiful, scenic, parking spot! Simply Stunning! 😍
It really is!
Greetings from Ankara,Turkey. I watch your videos to ımproving my English.
Oh I see why you love Van and Tatvan. Looking forward to seeing Mardin.
Thank you
van, in a van is the most beautiful. it is where life started. from noah to abraham they all enjoyed beauty of lake van . please wisit mount ararat and cudi mountain where noahs ark is.thanks for sharing your experinces with us.
Harika bir vlog olmuş, yollarınız açık olsun, ADANA yı mutlaka görün, çok güzel bir şehirdir, harika lezzetler tadacaksınız.
How amazing! Fields growing cotton, friendly people….
😮 OMG! You missed Ahlat!...
Yes - but it is on the list for next time 👍
Wau... credible nice landscape and so peaceful 🥰
Travelled by train from Tehran to Ankara, part of the journey took us across lake Van from midnight to early morning. Turkey, one of my favourite countries thst I have visited 2x.
I love being with you in the Eastern regions of Turkey - and I think the "secret" of getting in good contact with the local people is to say "Merhaba!" And If you are able to add a "Nasilsin?" (as Chris often does) they will be so surprised about being addressed in their language... Congrats you are not too shy to do this! A few polite words are the key to the people's hearts. I wish more of my countrymen would understand this and not be too shy to act like you. ♥️👍♥️
Beautiful scenery, lovely people, great video as usual :)
Thank you very much!
Van is the amazing city I live in and the people are very friendly also Thanks for this video, I love it
We follow your path.
It is truly fabulous
I need to visit turkey ... watching from Chicago!
What a beautiful place Van is. I thought it could not get any more beautiful but oh my goodness its breath taking. Thankyou lovely people for all you do. I am in awe. Have a lovely Christmas with your families you so deserve it M x
Our pleasure! Thank you M xx Love M xx
How lovely to see a hoopoe. They are stunning birds.
Eastern Turkey looks great. Thanks for the video
Thanks Dorothy - you are welcome xx
Van, Mardin, Diyarbakir - had a great time exploring this part if Turkey while based in Baghdad in the mid-late 80s. It's fantastic to see it all again. The roads are so much better and the towns look so much more prosperous. Eastern Turkey still looks as beautiful as ever and the people just as friendly.
Wonderful
Woww Van❤❤❤
Turkey has amazing landscapes to explore. We love this country, but we explored it in a small city car, so sometimes it was quite a challenge to find nice place to camp.
Harika görüntüler. Video için teşekkürler.
discovered youre canal resently and i am loving it i was born and raised in holland but i am a man from Adana . my parents are,,..... love Turkey so much and youre vlogs are killing it love you guys keep up the good work and you got a new subscriber ..
sorry for the bad english hahahaahah likes up every video i am gonna watch them allllll
Thank you and please do share them too 🇹🇷🚐
Çok tatlı bir aile,harikasınız, betimlemelerinize bayıldım,daha önce ne iş yapıyordunuz.
Chris was the manager in a hospital kitchens and I was a secretary in a hospital 👍
8:26 just
wow
The bird at 10:10 is the Hoopoe. The one who talked to king Solomon.
" İbibik Kuşu " in Turkish
So excited to see you explore Mardin and Midyat. I've never been there but I've seen it on film and it looks so gorgeous and full of culture.
LOL the dog is following them.
Fab scenery once more. Loving it. X
Hey dear how are you doing?
It’s a Hoopoo! ❤️
Hey dear how are you doing?
Very nice video thank you so much family
The bird at 10:07 is the hüdhüd bird. The conversation he had with the prophet Solomon is mentioned in a story in the Qur'an. A very nice story. You are very lucky, although I have lived in Van for the last 3 years due to teaching, I have not seen this bird with my own eyes yet.
thank so much marrianne and chris very best vlog god bles you best life good work....
Thank you so much!
steering wheel on the right side :) we invent the car so
Love your vídeos Friends! I was at Turkey for more than a year last year, but I could'nt travel so much because of pandemia. Enjoy Mardin it is one of the most beautiful cities of Turkey!
Absolutely !! Thank you
I Love This Place too Marianne. That campsite on the lake was "the best". I found your bird, it's a Eurasian Hoopoe. I think when I can, I will come to Turkey, rent a campervan and experience all these wonderful places you have been to. Mardin reminded me of coming into Athens and seeing the Acropolis on the hill. Looking forward to the tour. Hey, won't be long before you head off to England, soon eh? Take care
I do hope you are able to experience this too - we are just blown away by the beauty and diversity .... Yes we are having Christmas at home with the family !! Woo Hoo xx
Mardin❤❤❤
Lovely video, what a fabulous parking spot next to Lake Van I bet the night skies were spectacular.
It was! Chris said he needs to learn night time photography !!
Wonderful Video Guys👍. The park-up was Really Beautiful 👌. Super Excited to see Mardin☘😀😀.
Thank you 😀 It has been absolutely fabulous ! and we can't wait to share the next videos 🌺
More stunning Turkish scenery. Unbelievable. Be careful with your hiking. It makes our knees weak lol.
🙏❤👍
perfect eps. ike it very much. waiting for Mardin. Thank you
Worth these long train rides for that drone footage!!
Quality we have been Turkey 9 times. Never been to the east part but would very much like to see Göbeklitepe. The most ancient monuments on earth older than the pyramids apparently. Turkish culture and its people are truly amazing ♥️🙌🏼 just love everything about the country. Keep treading we’re absolutely loving it. Love & light on your journeys.
Thanks Danny 🌺
Excellent video as always. Thank you!
Chris ... The bird you saw was named ( hoopoe ) ...
" İbibik Kuşu " in Turkish
Beautiful place 💓
You need to mix that milk pudding ( kaymak ) with honey :) that’s how we eat
Many thanks for your special card Marianne, Chris and Trudy. That was a lovely surprise.
We both hope you have a brilliant Christmas with your family and look forward to wherever you end up next year. Love Elizabeth & Peter.
Our pleasure! Thank you for being part of our Tribe and we thank you for coming on the adventures with us xx 🌺
Bird I believe is a hoopoe saw one in Suffolk 1978 never seen one since
Gorgeous place, thanks 👍👏👏
go to the city of van and taste the van breakfast there Greetings from Bolu
The bird is a Hoopoe, they are common in Africa, didn't know they were also found in Turkiye. I've really enjoyed your series from Kars to Van as I am planning a similar trip n October.
very interesting
Thanks for great job
Did you get to see any of the Van swimming cats ? This takes me back to when i used to drive overland bus through this area en route to Nepal,awesome videos.
Sounds like a fabulous trip !! We have seen van cats - but not in Van LOL
Thank you!! ☺
Wooow Amazing nice Tour
Mmmmm!! Loved the look of that wonderful Breakfast apart from the "wet bread" dish!!😀
Another brilliant journey once again. We were hoping to get booked for coming out next year BUT!!!
Goodness knows when it will ever be a good/safe time to book. Sure as "eggs is eggs" we would be there and a lockdown/restrictions will happen here "again"!!! We would not bother too much if we got stuck in Turkey. It is just all the uncertainty.
We had a cotton fields round our house in Dalyan.
Enjoy Mardin, happy exploring,
🏴🏴🏴❤️
Yes it really is uncertain these travel days - We are keeping everything crossed ... Sending love from us 🌺
We can't wait to get to Batumi Georgia. Be there February 8th. Say hello when you come through please. So we can wave at Trudy.
Great Video! Y'all are must see TV.
now it`s a realy VAN life video
You are so funny and lovely couple… i love your videos… by the way i want to share with you a funny capture, Best Van is a Turkish bus company…it is not the Van you thought 😂😂😂
Very nice part of Turkey with lots of history...Great video! Keep up the good work!
I can't wait for Mardin - looks a seriously interesting town .Enjoy .
One of our favourite !!
population of mardin is 850,000
Thank you for another good video.. moreover, There is a church in the middel of lake of Van. Akdamar church. Maybe you chould have visited there. Nice and interesting place.
Thank you for the tip - maybe next time
Wonderful video again. It's a pleasure to watch you travel. the bird on the lakeshore is Eurasian Hoopoe. It lives almost everywhere in Turkey and goes by 28 different names as far as I know. The most common of these names are; İbibik, Hüthüt, Çavuşkuşu, Kepezkuşu, and Taraklı (meaning "the one with a comb"). In Islamic tradition, it is believed to be the messenger of Prophet Solomon. The conversation between hoopoe and Solomon in Surah Al-Naml in holy Quran had a great influence in considering this bird as an aware and message carrying creature. That’s why hoopoe is widely known as Solomon’s bird and is the guide of other birds. It is revered by local people across Turkey and not hunted due to a sort of sacred status.
Wow - thank you so much for all the information
@@TREADtheglobe You're welcome, Chris. As you may infer from the above explanation, you both had a once-in-a-lifetime experience on the shore by seeing this holy bird. It's a sign, dear Chris&Marianne, it's an epiphany. You are chosen, anointed by divine grace. What else can a traveler want!
Another beautiful video ;) cheers guys
Soup is quite normal for breakfast in Turkey.Not as big as some Turkish breakfasts but I would love to try it.The sweet one is creamed halva,lovely but VERY sweet.
Another fantastic area and video 👍💙❤️
Glad you enjoyed it - Thanks
Yine çok güzel video olmuş teşekkür ederiz.🙏
Lake Van and the castle look spectacular, it's been on our list for a while. I'm surprised you haven't seen cotton growing before, the whole Aegean coastal area north of Didim near Bafa Lake is full of cotton fields and cotton trucks, the side of the road looks like snow.
Great vlog including a perfect narration!
Thank you kindly!
My wife’s home city Mardin😍😍😍
How you missed visit Tamara Cathedral? But anyway thank you for sharing this Experience to us. Loves ×××
Great views from the top of the castle but yikes that “straight down drop” scares me😅- Jenny
Another very interesting episode.
Back in the UK for Christmas? That's great, hope you have a great and well earned break! Keep you away from that nasty Omicron nonsense too, as we can't wait for more Adventures with Trudy!
Thanks, you too! Yes we look forward to getting back to Trudy after Christmas !! 🤗
see you soon next video!!
Euch schöne adventstage, ein wundervolles weihnachtsfest mit euren lieben, so wenn ich es richtig verstanden habe wollt ihr weihnachten mit euren lieben im wundervollen schönen Großbritanien verleben und dafür freue ich mich für euch sehr. Euch Alles Gute für die zukunft und bleibt Gesund. P. S.
Georgien war eine inspiration.
Thank you 🌺
Hi! I am watching your wonderful videos since a few months with great delight! Thank you so much for sharing your adventures! I am wondering: how do you find Trudy again when you are parking her in a new town where you just arrived into and that you don't know? Snowy greetings from Switzerland!
Hi - Great question ! Chris is the one that has a natural GPS !! We also have a tracker on her 😉🌺
Beautiful xxx