From this morning’s campsite

Taken from this morning’s campsite, shortly before beginning the walk for the day. Last night’s rain clouds were gone, leaving a nice clear sky for the morning. This was one of my favorite campsites so far, mostly because the road (a two-lane highway) was...

Hanonu Beli, elevation 5118 feet (1560 meters)

The scenery was nice, but what you don’t see in this shot is the dark rain clouds rolling in, so instead of stopping to take in the scenery I started looking for a place to camp (I found a nice one about 3 km (2 miles) later).

Today is for Darek and Piotr

This is from yesterday, but I had neither bandwith nor battery to upload photos. Yesterday I was thinking of my Polish doppelgangers, whose spirits have been with me even though I haven’t seen them since the second day of the walk.

Arrived in Konya, smell like sweat, dirt, and mothballs

I arrived in Konya and am settled into the Ogretmen Evi. I smell like sweat, dirt, and mothballs (picked up some woollies the other day). I haven’t eaten real food in a few days. My clothes haven’t seen a washing machine in two months. They won’t see...