Erin is a cousin of my friend Aytuğ Sözüer. She joined us for breakfast in Istanbul back in August, and has followed the walk since (hello Erin!). Today’s walk was 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Tatvan to the village of Yelkenli. It was a nice, sunny day, and the...
There are a lot of miscellaneous things in my notebook. For example, "Today is for…" stuff. Itinerary details. Notes from a scouting trip. Prayers people try to teach me at religiously-oriented tea houses (this photo shows one of them, in the...
When I get really tired I start forgetting nouns. For example, "my notebook" becomes "that thing I write in." A cup becomes "that thing I drink out of." And even people I just talked to become "that guy" or "that...
