A little windy out today

It was a little windy out today, so in the video you can hear me yelling over the wind. Today’s walk was at about 6,000 feet (1,800 meters) elevation. I didn’t see any of the lake today, since I was in the hills a couple kilometers inland. I won’t...

Today is for Andrea Gilkinson Krause

Andrea is my brother Mark’s wife. Andrea and Mark are expecting their first child in June. Yes, I’m going to be an uncle! Today’s walk started with a brief visit to a rural primary school, then came my normal time on the road, and then hitchhiking my...

Relocating the temporary housing

For weeks I’ve been passed by truck after truck carrying temporary housing units. I often hear the trucks coming before I see them, because the webbing they use to strap the housing units onto the truck beds makes a distinctive flapping sound in the wind. All of...

A long day

It is Wednesday. I wake up at 6am. I brush my teeth. I get dressed. I have a bite to eat. I walk out the door at 6:32am. I walk 10 minutes to the bus stop. The next bus to the nearby town of Bitlis doesn’t leave until 7am, so I cross the street for a cup of tea....

A minute’s walk along Lake Van

It occurred to me today that in the same way some people love to watch videos of trains (yes, Dad, I’m talking about you), there might be some people out there who like to watch videos of people walking. So here’s a minute of what it looks like to walk...