Breakfast at the Öz-Al petrol station

Mustafa from Gaziantep, whom I haven’t even met yet, told us to stop by and see his uncle and cousin at his uncle’s gasoline station. At the station’s restaurant, Mustafa’s uncle treated us to a delicious breakfast. The sucuklu yumurta (sausage...

Wind turbines

Some of the ridges we walked below yesterday were lined with wind-driven turbines.

Walking with Joy Anna Crow

Joy joined me in Kuşadası for the very first day of the walk over four months ago. Yesterday she joined me again, this time for one of the legs between Osmaniye and Gaziantep.

Today is for Emin Okutan

Emin is a friend of mine from Ankara and works for one of the sponsors of the walk, Turkayfe.org.

Walking through Bahçe

I left my scarf in Mersin (I suspect), and so I improvised by tying some long underwear around my neck. Yes, it’s clean. Photo courtesy of Joy Anna Crow.