Today’s walk was from Mustafabeyli, a small town west of Osmaniye, into Osmaniye. Before starting the walk I stopped in at a market in Mustafabeyli to pick up some bread and cheese for the road. At the market I stood around drinking three cups of tea and...
Today’s walk took me from the town of Ceyhan to the village of Mustafabeyli. In the background is the Ceyhan river, a completely different river than the Seyhan, which flows through Adana and which appeared in some photos the other day. Lara was one of my...
Occasionally someone asks why I don’t mention his or her name on this website. There’s a scene in the movie Saving Private Ryan where Matt Damon and Tom Hanks are swapping stories about loved ones. Tom Hanks tells Matt Damon about his wife back home. Matt...
Tonight I am in Osmaniye, a city of about 200,000 people at the eastern edge of the Cukurova plain. Early in December I said I was going to try to Couchsurf all the way across the Cukurova, and, knock on wood, it looks like I’m going to do that. Couchsurfing has...
Well, I’ve been on the road for four months. I’ve walked across 53% of the country so far. Here’s an update on some journey-related stats, and then I need your opinion on something for the second half… Distance walked: Total: 1109 kilometers...
Today’s walk took me from Cukobirlik (a few kilometers east of Yenice) to Adana’s Seyhan river. Now I’ve walked all the way to Ceyhan, two days (43 kilometers or 27 miles) from Osmaniye. I’m almost done with the Cukurova plain now. Dilek was...
