1 August, Van
Bahar Otel 60TL (negotiated down from 70TL)

We began our day with a delicious breakfast, something on which Van prides itself. The usual culprits, just more so. Sliced tomato and cucumber, and olives both black and green; a variety of cheeses white and yellow, strongly flavoured; a tzatziki variation; local honey with crushed nuts; fried eggs and salami; accompanied by crusty bread and tea. In search of a breakfast spot, we encountered some remnants from yesterday’s rioting: wisps and whiffs of tear gas still choking the air, and all the windows at the Burger King smashed, the staff holding a meeting in their courtyard garden. Otherwise a day for getting the laundry done, updating the blog, replacing four more spokes on Charl’s back wheel, planning the route forward, and resting. 

Van after riot

Van breakfast