We had originally wanted to climb Mt. Nemrut to see the sunrise, but once we started the climb, we were glad we did it during daylight. Our guide didn't want to take our car up the terrible road, so we stopped at a scenic restaurant and hired the owner to drive us up in his car, which was already a wreck. It was very windy, but wonderfully empty of tourists.

Diyarbakir has 6 km of black basalt wall around it, which we climbed, but we were rushed here and didn't spend much time.

Lake Van is a huge lake that is so alkaline you can wash clothes without soap. We went to Ahlat to see a 13th cent. Seljuk cemetary where I took too many photos, and took a boat to Akdamar, an island on the lake with a 10th century Armenian church still in good condition, and with wonderful reliefs on the outside.