Gialiana, a 4th grader in Denise Waters’ class at Norman Rockwell Elementary, asks, “Did you meet good people or bad people?” Gialiana, I’ve met both. These are, after all, human beings, and there are some good ones and there are some bad ones....
…on why she backed the project: “I backed the walk because I believe in conviction. I believe that when you set a goal, you should be able to see it happen. I love the idea of embracing the world and in doing so making it smaller. I wish that everybody...
Fynn, a student in Denise Waters’ 4th grade class at Norman Rockwell Elementary, asks, “What sports do they do?” Fynn, soccer is the biggest sport here in Turkey, as it is in much of the world. Soccer, however, is known as “football.” I...
Camping for the night at an OPET gas station north of Isparta. From my campsite I think I see the mountain that serves as a landmark for my rest week at Lake Egirdir, but that’s going to need to wait a bit — I have three days of walking to get there.
I’m nearing Isparta. Won’t be there until tomorrow, but by car I’m only a few minutes away. My goal for today is a cement factory. I wonder if this is one of their mines.
The students in Denise Waters’ 4th grade class at Norman Rockwell Elementary in Redmond, Washington, have started to send me their questions, so you’ll see my answers starting to appear on this blog. Alisa asks, “Why are you walking alone?” The...
The other day one of this blog’s regular readers asked me to address some geek questions about what equipment I use on the road. The iPhone 3GS, with a Turkcell SIM card, is my workhorse. There’s a laptop in my pack, but it only comes out once a week. My...
I eat some junk on the road, sure. But I make sure I eat at least 1.5 good meals a day. Wednesday I had two, yesterday I had one. So today I’ll make sure I get two. Here’s the first of today’s two.
Last night I ended up staying in that village I mentioned I was in, Kaplanli. I camped out in the mosque garden. Kaplanli is a village of about 250 people. It’s not even big enough to support a bakkal (corner market), so there isn’t a place within 5 miles...
Hi everyone, Thank you so much for your support. About 36 hours ago the Kickstarter campaign cleared the 100% mark, which means the project will get funded. You have no idea how much it means to me to be out here walking across Turkey, nearing the 20% complete mark,...
…with three reasons why she backed the project: 3. I remember Matt at age 18 & see the same courage in him now. 2. I will never see Turkey & I love the way Matt tells me about it. 1. Matt inspires me with his courage, trust and love for the world...
Tomorrow (Friday) evening or Saturday morning I’ll be walking into Isparta. I would love to meet with some people for cay or kahve. If you have friends there and they would like to also, please call me or text at 537 493 2356.
Haisheng was an English student of mine back in Xian, China, in 1992 when I was 22 and he was about 18. Today he put me over 100% on Kickstarter. Thanks big time, Haisheng!
