November 1. Does your city have the biggest mosque too?

We spend a great day in Mersin, walking along the boulevard from which we can see the biggest mosque of the country. Well, every good citizen will tell you that the biggest mosque in their city is also the biggest temple in the country. That's what I heard in Istanbul and Diyarbakir. That said, the mosque here in Mersin is indeed impressive with its glorious high minarets and enormous dome.
After our stroll we visit a Mall, and despite my intuitive aversion against the concept that threatens to "Americanize" the world, I must say that I like the architecture - and enjoy the icecream at Mado's.

At night, I beam some inglourious basterds on the wall. It was a great weekend - tomorrow I'll go back to work.

October 30. Adana kebab.

The bus ride to Adana is uneventful. In a restaurant, I work a bit on translation, which could in theory pay me and make Charity Travel a sustainable concept for me (and you) - who knows.

I walk around asking for the address of ACEV, which I find after ten people gave me directions and reassured me that is it very close. The people at ACEV are very friendly and helpful. There has been an incident though, involving an undercover documentation by a woman called S. Ferguson who filmed allegedly bad aspects of Turkish ngo's.