For an alternative to the hotel Trudy mentioned in Kars we stayed at the Hotel Temel. Nice room and frıendly staff.50YTL for 2 with breakfast.

İn Şanlıurfa-Hotel Bakay-nice comfy room with enclosed balcony-great for drying the laundry-good telly-great breakfast. 50YTL double room.

My husband and İ have been travelling for two and a half weeks now and are having a great time. We started in İstanbul on the 12th of May and went first to Ankara then north via Safronbolu to the Black Sea coast at Amasra.From there all the way to Georgia stopping at İnebolu Sınop Ãœnye and Trabzon. From there we diverted into the Kackars (Ayder)and had a wonderful couple of days in the mountains. We went back to the coast and into Georgia which was facinating but no one spoke English so it was quite a relief to get back into Turkey where at least İ can communicate in Turkish.
We then went via Artvın to Barhal also in the mountains but the other side.
Then onto Kars(lovely)and now today we have come to Doğubayazıt. We have been close to the Armenian border so have had our passports checked a few times in the past couple of days.
The sad thing today has been the children. Whereas in all the other places we have been we have been greeted with the lovely 'hello' 'how are you?' etc.today both here and in İğdır where we changed buses all we have heard is 'money money money'
The weather and the scenery have been fantastic throughout and the people wonderful.
Here's to another 3 weeks!!

Easyjet fly to İstanbul from Luton.

Look at Marion's post in the travelling to Turkey section.

İ lıke şÃ¶yle böyle. My husband lıkes to say ben de but he says 'bendy'