Chris Guillebeau, of Art of Non-Conformity fame, tweeted today about my walk across Turkey. I know, calling Chris Guillebeau one of my heroes makes me a total dork, but I’m proud of my dorkness!
I am taking the week off in Kahramanmaraş to begin work on the book. After walking 68% of the country I need to put pen to paper a bit before I can go on. I’ll be posting photos and other updates to the blog during the week, but with a much-reduced frequency,...
In Turkey military service is mandatory for males. Four times a year the service begins, and on those days the bus stations are overrun with friends and extended family members saying goodbye to their young men. This is a family dancing around to say goodbye to one of...
I took this shot while walking into Urfa. I saw the police roadblock and suspected that when I got closer I’d need to deal with that, and should get the photo taken quick.
