Here’s where I bought that big box of pastries (pogaca and borek). The aptly named "Cake House." I ate my half in all of about three minutes. I’m going to go back to bed and slip off into a happy carbohydrate coma now. I’m loving this day...
There’s a bakery right across the street from where I’m staying here in Mersin. I felt like I was buying out half the store. It’s times like this when I realize just how many calories I must be burning, walking across the country and all. I know this...
Last night I attended a potluck dinner hosted by Rustu and Ayse Sakalli, a couple friends I made last week at Tarsus American College. The dinner was attended by some friends and neighbors of Rustu and Ayse. My favorite dish was the Uzbek rice, shown here in the...
Back in the year 2000 I got a dog, a black labrador. I named him Milk Dud. He has since passed away, god bless his heart. He was a good dog. When he was about four months old, I took him to the lake for the first time. He didn’t like the water, however. In fact,...
At one point in my walk into Mersin this morning I was standing on the side of the road, struggling to open a particularly reluctant roll of sandwich cream cookies. Up rode five Turkish cyclists, all decked out in lycra and helmets. They pulled up next to me and...
I’ll be swapping stories and stuff in Adana on the 20th of December at 7:00pm. CUDOSK, the Cukurova Mountaineering and Nature Sports Club in Adana. Join us if you’re in the area.
A Byzantine palace we passed today, right next to a free place next to the beach where people can camp. Where else in the world can you camp for free, with the beach on one side and a Byzantine palace on the other? God I love this place.
Today Melih joined me for the walk, setting a personal record of 30 kilometers walked in one day. Congratulations Melih, nice job! I was impressed big time!
Our target for the end of the day today was the city offices of the town called Arpacbahsis. Getting to them meant Melih had walked 30 kilometers in one day, a personal record for him. Way to go Melih!
See that building way in the background, the one that looks like it’s standing on top of some rocks? (It’s actually not, the rocks are between us and the building) Melih is an electrical engineer. He designed the electrical systems for that complex....
One of the things I love about this area (the Mediterranean coast between Silifke and Mersin) is that it’s basically an open-air museum. Old things (like this aqueduct in the background, Roman or Byzantine, I don’t know) that would in most places be behind...
Thatcher is the oldest son of two of my best friends, Tim and Denise Waters. Kiz Kalesi (Maiden’s Castle) in the background. Located between Silifke and Mersin, on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast.
Melih walked all day with me today — 30 kilometers, a personal record for him. Congratulations Melih! By the way, for the first part of the day I was using camera settings that overexposed the photos. So out in the water behind us is the Kiz Kalesi, but you...
