http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Balikesir/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Turkey , Marmara , Balikesir en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:38:26 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:38:26 UTC On my walk from Bursa to Balikesir I was passing by a spring of sorts they're all over the place when an old villager invited me to sit down with him and proceeded to ask the usual questions. He couldn't get over the fact that I was walking such a distance for fun and asked me if I was an anarchist.Such was my state of mind at the time that I nearly replied no but I do have sympathies wh http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Balikesir/blog-1458.html Last saturday I got the notion in my head that I'd like to do some walking... Bursa is cool and all but the constant stares and hellos one gets in a city get old real fast.After some quick consulting with my rudimentary map I decided that Balikesir would be a decent target roughly 150km not too near and not too far.I had left most of my heavy gear including walking shoes socks and warm clo http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Balikesir/blog-1457.html