1.0Jef le Saltimbanquehttps://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/JJ ANEYOTA alias Jef le Saltimbanquehttps://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/author/lesaltimbanque/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="LeXjrx9Yfg"><a href="https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/2018/07/09/a-little-paradise/">A little paradise</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/2018/07/09/a-little-paradise/embed/#?secret=LeXjrx9Yfg" width="600" height="338" title="“A little paradise” — Jef le Saltimbanque" data-secret="LeXjrx9Yfg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC2509.jpg1280720Small report of 3 days in the crater. (non literary text, just my journal for memory…) I had heard about Nemrut Gölü, a volcanic crater near Lake Van. I decide to go there and why not, spend a night there. The climb is steep but without difficulty (except to find the road that leads to it). It overlooks the immense lake VAN. At first sight, the place seems magnificent but not conducive to bivouac: too exposed and especially too windy. Arrived on the heights, I take some photographs then I question myself: what to do? the night will not be long. Maybe it would be wise to turn around and find a quiet place. I decide to continue nevertheless, at least until the pass which will allow me to see this famous crater. I resume my ascension and suddenly, there he is, before me, immense, majestic. I look at him for a moment, breathless. I didn’t expect it to be so big, nor did I expect its walls to be so high. No dwelling appears to have damaged the site. It is just there, wild, with only this little road that sinks into its bosom. It has two lakes: one immense, […]