Stormy night, seas blowing strong, rain lashing all night, Syl and Bev soaking wet, spent the day drying out bedding. From Samsun we followed the road to Trabzon before turning inland, then we climbed for 3 hours up and up thought we’d never reach the top into clouds then snow 6,600 ft Zigana Pass. Lots of people living on the lower slopes but as we climbed it became less and less populated. Schools at different levels on the pass and women carrying terrific loads on their backs. The land is worked the same as generations past, some working with wooden ploughs pulled by an Ox. Dropped down now on the way to Erzurum, 120 miles.
(Farmhouse stew and rice)
Mount Ararat in the distance, in the 50’s it was claimed a piece of wood from Noahs Ark was found there