12 kilometers from the famous Mount Nemurt which has a height of 2,150 metres and at the top a tumul 49 metres high and 152 metres in diameter , surrounded by huge statues 9 meters in height . Two lions , two eagles and different Armenian , Greek and Persian gods , such as Hercules , Zeus , Oromasdes , associated with the Persian god Ahura Mazda , Tique and Apollo-Mitra . I ’ d arrived very tired and went to sleep without dinner , after unloading the motorcycle in the middle of the night , with only the sound of crickets as accompaniment , under a majestic sky full of stars .
I ’ d asked the young owner of the place that was full of carpets on the floors , walls , and stairs , with a large gallery with long communal tables and a small kitchen where anyone can enter and cook whatever they want , taking ingredients free of charge , to please wake me up at dawn .
He woke me up at four in the
morning and offered me a cup of coffee , flat bread with honey and gave me a thermos with hot tea .
“ For the ascension to the tumul ”, he told me . “ You are going to need a lot of energy .”
I drank the cup of coffee and with the " light " bike , that it is without the paniers , I rode the kilometres to the entrance of the mountain where I parked La Más in front of the museum-restaurant and bought the entrance ticket then started to climb the mountain after the small bus left me at the foot of the trail .
Upon reaching the top after almost two hours , I witnessed one of the most spectacular sunrises of my life , next to the huge heads of the gods , also facing the rising sun . The view was spectacular . I could see the Tigris river from the top .
In the afternoon I returned to climb Mount Nemurt again to see the sunset on the other side of the tumul . Another wonderful and indescribable spectacle that made me cry with emotion .
The day after , from Kütüklü I hit the gas to Göbeklitepe to visit the oldest architectural monument on the planet ( 10,000 B . C .) with its immense mystery in tow . It is marvelous . It is impossible to understand why they settled in that place , devoid of everything , well , who knows what was there 12,221 years ago .
Today in the surroundings there is nothing . Those who lived there did so before agriculture was invented . I spent four hours touring the place , it ’ s impossible to understand how they carved those stones or with what tools .
From there I rode to Sanliurfa , passing by the famous Cendere Köprüsü . On the way I met a team who were working on the construction of a road , there machine blocking my way , forcing me to stop .
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