Ever the naive optimist Ý tried the border directly east from the city of Van (the village is Kapýköy 100km from Van). The army boys said no go for tourists - I think this is mainly a train crossing point, possibly freight trucks. They told be to go to Doðubayzýt which I duly did over the 2700m high pass through sleeting snow. Oh joy. Approaching Van Ý did see a couple of big old yellow signs saying 'IRAN' on the road going to Hakkari in the sth east corner of Turkey so maybe this is a possibility. There were no such signs for Kapýköy. Just when Ý'd nicely exhausted my Lira & petrol too! Ah well.
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