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This insanely beautiful expanse of water is Lake Van – Turkey’s biggest lake. There are a few settlements around the lake, but most of its shores are untouched by civilization. You hardly see any boats out there, just the impossibly blue water, surrounded by snow-capped mountains. Pure magic.
Instead of taking the bus around the lake, going from Tatvan to the city of Van, we decided to take the slower but far more scenic ferry across. In doing this, we were unique: these days no one rides the ferry. Only cargo gets transported that way. We ended up walking around on this huge, empty ferry, wondering if we were on board the Flying Dutchman or some other famous ghost ship. We stumbled upon empty saloon after empty saloon, all looking forlornly abandoned.
A more thorough search revealed that there was indeed a captain steering the ship, and a few truck drivers huddling in a nearby prayer room. Still, it felt like we’d chartered our own ship for the crossing.
Not bad for a six dollar, five-hour ride.
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