{"id":3418,"date":"2014-03-31T11:03:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T10:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=3418"},"modified":"2014-04-01T20:24:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T19:24:10","slug":"mardin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=3418","title":{"rendered":"Mardin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The story of a trip centring on Mardin that I did in about 2002 is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=210\">h<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=210\">ere<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=210\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=3483\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=3483\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3480\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3480\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3480\" title=\"mardin-312\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-312-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"When the kite dropped onto this roof, I picked it up and threw it inot the air so it could keep flying\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-312-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-312-1024x653.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When the kite dropped onto this roof, I picked it up and threw it inot the air so it could keep flying<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=3483\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=210\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3472\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=3486\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3472\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3472\" title=\"mardin-36\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-36-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stalactite decoration beneath a window\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-36-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-36-659x1024.jpg 659w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stalactite decoration beneath a window<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3473\" style=\"width: 213px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=3489\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3473\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3473\" title=\"mardin-30\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-30-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Towards evening, I saw this kite\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-30-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-30-695x1024.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Towards evening, I saw this kite<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3475\" style=\"width: 219px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=3493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3475\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3475\" title=\"mardin-321\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-321-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"He saw me taking pictures and put the kite where I wanted it\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-321-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-321-715x1024.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-321.jpg 1431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He saw me taking pictures and put the kite where I wanted it<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3476\" style=\"width: 213px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=3496\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3476\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3476\" title=\"mardin-33\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-33-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mardin seems designed for kite-flying\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-33-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-33-695x1024.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mardin seems designed for kite-flying<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3477\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=3498\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3477\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3477\" title=\"mardin-34\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-34-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"People came out in the evening as the air cooled\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-34-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-34-1023x675.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People came out in the evening as the air cooled<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3420\" style=\"width: 217px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=3429\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3420\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3420\" title=\"mardin21\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin21-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mardin is amazingly high\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin21-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin21.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mardin is amazingly high<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3421\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=3432\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3421\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3421\" title=\"mardin1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin1-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"This man makes donkey saddles by hand\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin1-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin1.jpg 1176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This man makes donkey saddles by hand<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3423\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=3435\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3423\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3423\" title=\"mardin-31\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-31-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance to Morgabriel Monastery\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-31-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-31.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entrance to Morgabriel Monastery<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3424\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/?p=3438\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3424\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3424\" title=\"mardin-4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-4-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"Morgabriel Monastery\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-4-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.enormousfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mardin-4.jpg 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morgabriel Monastery<\/p><\/div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freetellafriend.com\/tell\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.enormousfish.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D3418&title=Mardin\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.freetellafriend.com\/tell\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.enormousfish.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D3418&title=Mardin', 'freetellafriend', 'scrollbars=1,menubar=0,width=617,height=530,resizable=1,toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,screenX=210,screenY=100,left=210,top=100'); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share This Post\"><img 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