Turkey (part 5)

[mistress_elaine]

Yep, you've guessed it -- more Turkey Superlatives. This is the part where it gets exciting!

Nastiest beastie we came across: A live scorpion we were shown by a little boy in Mardin, who proudly announced it hailed from Nusaybin, a nearby town. This didn't mean much to me until I read Tim Mackintosh-Smith's ferociously entertaining Travels with a

Comments

[papayas]

that sounds very nerve-racking.

i'm glad you (or someone else) managed to shoo them away before they got through your door.

[mistress_elaine]

It was definitely one of the more nerve-racking events of my life. I'm still not entirely sure what happened that night, but I'm glad it ended the way it did. I only regret what happened afterwards. The next morning a lovely, very helpful young man (one of only two people in the village who had any English) asked me if we were never scared, travelling alone the way we did, and I had to tell him that we hadn't felt scared in Turkey until we got to his village. Kind of a rotten thing to say to someone, but I wanted him to know the truth...

[nathsolnyshko]

Hummm very good composition and very strong presence of this cat!

[mistress_elaine]

Thank you! I had to sharpen the cat to the point where the colours became a bit too bright for my taste, but I still like the image. I'm glad you do, too!