Walking the rails

Shoulder got a little narrow coming into Germencik, so I moved over to the rails. Cue up Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Cross-tie Walker.

Darek and Piotr from Poland

There I was, feeling all lonely and like I was doing something unusual, when up walked Darek and Piotr, who are walking from Poland to Jerusalem.

Abraham’s path

Alison Tanik of the Abraham’s Path project in SE Turkey (a project affiliated with Harvard University) writes about the walk across Turkey. I’m looking forward to meeting Alison when I pass through her neck of the woods in January.

Found a place to camp

I got the approval to camp out on the mosque grounds or in the public park. Very, very happy and relieved to have “first blood” (where will I stay the first night) out of the way.

In Havutculu

1 Sept, 2012 – Arrived in Havutculu, end of first day’s walk, hanging out in mosque’s courtyard resting in shade.

30 August, 2012 – first day in Kusadasi

Yesterday shortly after I arrived in Kusadasi I met up with Orhan bey (“Mr. Orhan”), a friend of a friend of a friend of mine. Orhan bey took me for a tour of Kusadasi (I was here briefly once 8 years ago), then we stopped at the grocery store to pick up a...

Camping on the Aegean

If I’m going to kill two nights before the walk starts, this isn’t a bad way to do it.