Tatars world

Tatars world

[ July, 2013 ] On top of Mt.Ai-Petri was Tatars world, totally different from the lower ground.

There were a lot of souvenir shops and restaurants there.

The souvenirs include woollen socks, fur waistcoats, slippers and so on.

The atmosphere reminded me of west part of China I had visited long time ago.

Crimean Tatar are descended from Genghis Khan and has lived here since 13th century.

But when Crimea became a part of Russia in 1783, a lot fled to Turkey and after WW2 Stalin forced them to move to Central Asia, there were not Tatar left in Crimea for a while.

In 1980s, they started coming back here slowly.

We went into one of the restaurants there and ate Shurpa, a soup with lamb and vegetable, Shashlik and Baklava for lunch.

The sea side of Ai-Petri is a sheer cliff, but the inland is gentle.

People were enjoying horse riding there.

On the way back, we took the road which is a part of Yalta Rally, which was a fun.

My sleepiness after the meal blew off.