Early morning trip with the new highspeed train from Eskisehir to Ankara:
Turkish landscape at 250 km/h:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3mRw2X_LHI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEmuQJiJ02g
Ankara train station:
Some hours at Ankara:
The trip continued in the early afternoon - train from Ankara to Kars:
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Euphrates river:
High mountains at Erzincan:
Breakfast in the dining car:
Arrival at Erzurum at lunch time:
Train departure from Erzurum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb4Sv_bVjnM
Erzurum - 1900m above sea level, it was quite cold here....:
Scythes "made in Austria" at a shop:
5 hour bus-ride from Erzurum to Hopa (already near the Georgian border):
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Excellent pictures! It reminds me on a rail trip to Erzurum in December 1992 (and then by bus to Iran). On our arrival it was pretty cold, too. -15 °C and snow.
AntwortenLöschenThe Turkish rolling stop seems much better now!
I am from Ploesti, Romania... I'm happy to watch your movie and pictures trip. Thank you!
AntwortenLöschenof all I liked the big snowy Erzincan mountain pic
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