I’m in Bozkurt tonight, camping out at a (yes, you guessed it) gas station. Which means I’m up on the plateau now. I’m really excited about that, I’ve been looking forward to this transition for months. The transition was even more dramatic...
A number of times my mom has commented that the places I’m walking through look like California. As I’m walking through this section, one word keeps going through my brain, "Willows."
Today is the biggest single day of climbing onto the Central Anatolia plateau. Of the week-long climb, almost half comes today. I am taking a break in the shade. All day long I’ve been thinking of the people I met these past few days. They are some of the...
East of Denizli there are tons (no pun intended) of marble being sold. The agriculture-centered valley has changed into a marble- and construction-supplies climb onto the plateau.
Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s Prime Minister, is coming to Denizli today. His route into town is the same one I’m walking out of town on, so there are lots of cops on the road today. I just sat in the shade having tea with some of them. This was my first time...
This wedding was very different from the dozens of Istanbul weddings I’ve attended. The Istanbul weddings I’ve been to are one-shot deals, where all the components — drinking, socializing, eating, dancing, and of course the ceremony itself —...
Things can change very quickly out here on the road. I can hit the highest highs, and the lowest lows, all in the space of a couple hours. I spent most of the other day walking through the city of Denizli. Denizli is a city of half a million people, and as such is...
Some friends and family have grown accustomed to multiple updates on this blog each day. No, I have not abandoned the trip. Am going to a wedding tonight and will resume regular programming in next 24 hours.
Some videos get made, some diplomats get killed, some people get all up in arms, etc. I’d like to weigh in on this, since I happen to be walking across a Muslim country, and then I’ll return to our regularly-scheduled programming of me demonstrating that...
Denizli marks the end of the first of nine legs on this walk, so I am tired but very pleased to be hitting this milestone. What’s after Denizli? Most of the climb onto the Central Anatolia plateau…...
