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: 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...
Walk Across Turkey: Horsunlu
Friday, 7 September
I stopped that day at Horsunlu, a small village at the eastern edge of the Menderes River valley. The river valley at that...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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...