Walk Across Turkey: Sarıköy
Tuesday, 23 October on the way to Sarıköy
After four days at the hotel in Beyşehir, I was eager to get moving again. I felt...
Walk Across Turkey: The Asian Ghost
Friday, 12 October
The next day I woke up early, packed up my stuff, and took a look around the room. Eight hours ago I...
Walk Across Turkey: Bahtiyar
Toward the end of the day, I approached the village of Bahtiyar. It was about a few miles off the main road and up...
Walk Across Turkey: Breaking Free From Eğirdir
Monday and Tuesday, 8 and 9 October
I enjoyed the pension at Eğirdir so much that several days when my week’s vacation was finished, I...
Walk Across Turkey: Charly’s Pansiyon
30 September through 7 October at Charly's Pansiyon
I stayed at the pension for over a week, sleeping by the lake, taking showers with hot...
Walk Across Turkey: Peace
Wednesday, 26 September
The next morning, about forty-five minutes into that day’s walk, I pulled off at a gas station for a morning break. I...
Walk Across Turkey: Kaplanlı
Monday, 24 September
The next morning, safe in the knowledge that my two key indicators were on track, I hopped on the bus and went...
Walk Across Turkey: Dinar
Sunday, 23 September
The next day I walked into the town of Dinar feeling lonely, uncomfortable, and out of place. I knew I needed some...
Walk Across Turkey: Bozan
Saturday, 22 September
In the morning, early, before anyone was stirring in Çardak, I walked out to the main road and began that day’s walk...
Walk Across Turkey: The Motorcycle Man
Friday, 21 September
I began my second full day in Çardak using the hotel’s slow internet connection to upload photos to my blog. Toward the...
Walk Across Turkey: Greater Middle East Project
Thursday, 20 September
The next morning when I woke up, I went back out onto the square and found Eren and Özgür at the büfe....
Walk Across Turkey: Bozkurt to Çardak
Wednesday, 19 September
When I woke up the next morning my right foot was hurting something fierce, the anxiety was back, and I still wanted...
Walk Across Turkey: The Road to Bozkurt
Tuesday, 18 September
Tuesday morning I awoke with a start to my cell phone alarm. I panicked. Oh my god, I am still at this...
Walk Across Turkey: Denizli’s Charm
Monday, 17 September - Denizli
Monday morning, the third week of the walk, I packed up my stuff and said goodbye to Metin and the...
Walk Across Turkey: The Wedding
The next day, Saturday, Metin and I took a car to his village for the wedding. Our first stop was in another village to...
Walk Across Turkey: Three Girls and A Wedding
In this better frame of mind, I continued walking through Denizli. My gait was slowed by the pain in my foot, and by mid-afternoon,...
Walk Across Turkey: Rolling into Denizli
Friday, 14 September
The next morning I woke up, broke camp, and walked over to the station’s café for a breakfast of menemen (scrambled eggs,...
Walk Across Turkey: The Secret Handshake
About two hours later, with the sprawling edges of Denizli visible in the distance, I stopped at a gas station for a bottle of...
Walk Across Turkey: The Watermelon Guys
The day’s walk was along a section of road with gently rolling hills, gradually climbing towards Denizli, a city halfway between the Menderes River...
Walk Across Turkey: Fatih and Feridun
On Friday morning, my fourth morning in Horsunlu this time around, I woke up and got ready to begin another day of working my...
Walk Across Turkey: Healing My Feet
Once I got my tent set up in the park, the feeling of panic I had felt back in the hotel 36 hours earlier...
Walk Across Turkey: Back to Horsunlu
The next morning, I woke up knowing that I was going to have to do whatever it took to work my foot back into...
Walk Across Turkey: A Big Problem
The next morning I pulled on my pack and walked out of the lobby of the Thermal Springs hotel. I started to cross the...
Walk Across Turkey: Menderes River Valley
Saturday, 8 September
About 3 hours out of Horsunlu, I started the climb out of the Menderes River valley. The predictable pattern of the farm...