Am begınnıng to realıse that ı may have to scratch travel wrıter from my lıst of possıble career choıces and feelıng horrıfıcally guılty for not havıng made an entry for so long!! Romanıa After Sıghısoara we spent a nıght campıng ın Rosnov after lookıng round the castle. Thıs was our fırst free camp and we could see the carpathıan mountaıns from our campsıte. That Nıght was really cold and ı was glad to leave the next day. We went straıght from there to Brasov where we stayed ın a hotel that was an amazıng contrast to the campsıte! There was a [View Full Entry]

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The bustling border crossing at Hopa was nothing like the sleepy, rural, countryside post I had crossed to enter Georgia two days earlier. Tractor trailers, vacationing Russians, and a much more official (border-ish) mood filled the air, and made it rather unpleasant. To the left, handsome tall green Turkish mountains rose up to towering heights. To the right, the Black Sea stretched out coldly under an ominous, cloudy, late evening sky. We were routed between barbed wire and chain-link fencing, as the crossing is under heavy construction. Presumably, this means trade between Turkey and the Caucasus countries - 2 outta 3, [View Full Entry]

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So thaaaaaaaaaat's what all the hype is about. Just 3 hours north of Ankara is the lovely town of Safranbolu, filled with cobblestone alleyways, well-preserved Ottoman-era houses, and more charm than, well, than you could ever find in Ankara. Jen came in from İstanbul, showing up late in the afternoon Friday to check out the town before my arrival later that evening. After I showed up and dropped of my bags, it was time for a walk. I asked her if she would know how to get us back in the dark and she said "you pretty much just keep walking [View Full Entry]

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On se disait que ça faisait longtemps que nous n'avions pas vu quelque chose d'exceptionnelle. On ne veut pas dire que la Syrie et la Chypre n'étaient pas jolies mais plutot que ça faisait un petit bout que l'on avait pas eu la chance de visiter de grandes merveilles comme les Pyramides ou le site de Pétra. Et bien on a été servi lorsque l'on s'est rendu dans la région de la Cappadocce, situé au centre de la Turquie. Le coin est connue pour ses paysages lunaires, ou les roches peuvent prendre des formes inimaginables. Peut-être avez vous déja vu des [View Full Entry]

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6am wake up ugh, I just knew this would be the start to a beautiful day. But it was. It's been in the 50s as of late, so a sunny day at the beach turned out to be fun but pretty far from relaxing. We had plans to go to two beaches. The first beach sile and the second agva. The only problem though, was that both beaches took 1.5 hours by bus to travel to. After nearly 2 hours of catching my head as it nodded to sleep on the warm bus, we finally arrived. I have to admit that [View Full Entry]

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Hamzarat is Perset's yayla, in july they go up there with their animals and stay until september. [View Full Entry]

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The Pontic Mountains (Turkish Doğu Karadeniz Dağları) are a range of mountains in northern Turkey, whose eastern end extends into southeastern Georgia. The range runs roughly east-west, parallel and close to the southern coast of the Black Sea. The highest peak in the range is Kaçkar Dağı, which rises to 3942 meters elevation (12,933 feet). The North Anatolian Fault and the Northeast Anatolian Fault, which are east-west running strike-slip faults, run along the length of the range. The mountains are generally covered by dense forests, predominantly of conifers. The Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests is an ecoregion which covers most [View Full Entry]

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Agua [View Full Entry]

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Pictures by Ali Barhali [View Full Entry]

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The pictures were taken by Ali Barhali. Resimler Ali Barhalin tarafindan çekilmisti. [View Full Entry]

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