Chasing the Wind A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. ~ Lao Tzu

Trip: Turkey

There are [14] stories from my trip: Turkey

Gallery: Istanbul

TURKEY | Tuesday, 20 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery

City of a1,000 Wonders
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Gallery: Cappadocia

TURKEY | Tuesday, 20 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery

Caves and Cavepeople...Seriously.
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Gallery: Selcuk

TURKEY | Tuesday, 20 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery

Famous for Mary's House and Church/Tomb of St. John
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The Art of Dirty

USA | Thursday, 11 Dec 2008 | Views [469] | Comments [5]

1) Wearıng the same clothes. I have the same red sweater or black long sleeve shırt ın every sıngle pıcture. Not to mentıon ı have a few paırs of pants but ı wear the same ones for days on end before swıtchıng up on the rotatıon. There were defınıtely ... Read more >

My head scarf has peace signs

TURKEY | Friday, 5 Dec 2008 | Views [528] | Comments [2]

So when you visit a mosque you must wear a head scarf. I brought one that was given to me as a going away present from Robin and Adam from CCC (my church in SoCal). Anyway it ıs green and has peace signs on it and I like that. The other night I had ... Read more >

Istanbul to Constantinople

TURKEY | Friday, 28 Nov 2008 | Views [511] | Comments [4]

I want to learn Arabic. It is everywhere, on every mosque. The Koran is aesthetically beautiful because of it. Arabic looks like music sounds and how poetry feels. Back in a big city after two weeks of dead Grecian islands and small tourist towns.... Read more >

A hunt for canned pumpkin...and then there was this camel...

TURKEY | Thursday, 27 Nov 2008 | Views [882] | Comments [3]

Happy Turkey Day from Turkey! This is my Thanksgiving Day... First, we decide that we need to find pumpkin, because though no one here knows or cares about Thanksgiving, we are very homesick. But we are in Goreme, which is a little tiny town of ... Read more >

No plans, no worries.

TURKEY | Tuesday, 25 Nov 2008 | Views [488] | Comments [3]

So we are still here in Goreme, Cappadocia. We keep meaning to leave, and we keep deciding to stay one more night. The 11 hour bus ride to Istanbul will have to wait, and at least we will have dry-ish clothes. It's kind of nice with no schedules ... Read more >

Wet clothes and an 11 hour bus ride

TURKEY | Monday, 24 Nov 2008 | Views [857] | Comments [4]

Hello world! I have been so unfaithful about writing! Sorry! So at the moment we are in Cappadocia in a small town called Goreme. We are sleeping in a cave hostel! It's so cool. I can't believe I didn't know about this place before coming to ... Read more >