This stunning site deserves another mention; the view from the top must be 100km in every direction. What meglomaniac decides to build his final resting place on the highest mountain in his kingdom and top it off with the highest mound ever made by human hand. Because of this the place heaves with birds, flowers and butterflies. No good with the names of the latter two but Cinereous Buntings, White throated Robins, Red tailed Wheatears and Pale Rock Sparrows were all over the lower slopes and Snow Finches and Horned Larks were up at the top; a magic place . One roadside flower that I could identify was Hollyhock.
We are now in the desert like area, it is blowing a gale and verging on a sandstorm. I will be giving the binoculars a rest and trying to stop Cath filling up every memory card that I have with pictures of Mardin which seems wonderful from my hotel window, too windy to put up the tent!
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