Category: Turkey

Escaping the Rally

.Reading time 7 minutes.

Van was the first place we really relaxed, and for that, it has become one of my favourite places. The road was starting to get to me, the 7 am starts every morning, followed by days packed with driving, writing, and exploring. I don’t want to sound ungrateful these are all things that I really […]

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Into the Mountains

.Reading time 10 minutes.

We pick up pretty much where we left off, the morning at the ‘Mafia Hotel’. The day before I had slipped over and hit my camera on the floor, resulting in the lens not being recognised.  Throughout my life of have complied my extensive wisdom to create the Problem Theory. I won’t get into the […]

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Hot Air and Raki

.Reading time 7 minutes.

I woke up in the tent in Cappadocia sweating. It was still early but already the heat of the day was enough to make it uncomfortable. We arrived late the night before after a long drive from Istanbul, so I had planned on sleeping a lot longer than my unwanted, furnace-like alarm clock had allowed […]

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A Blue Mosque and Bluer Mountains

.Reading time 8 minutes.

I walked through the archway into the courtyard of The Blue Mosque. The step down had been worn into a gentle slope by an unimaginable number of feet that have crossed the threshold. It was loud, everyone was talking and babies were crying. It was also hot, the hottest it’s been so far, my shirt […]

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