EPIDAVROS MYCENAE
Category: Photos
Some very belated photos from my March trip to Greece.
Photos from last weekend. I visited my Halabja family for the 2nd time. It was a shorter visit, just a lot of eating. A lot of eating. They've invited me back this weekend for a seyran (picnic), which will involve around ten times the eating. I'm going to go, but I'm exhausted and full just … Continue reading Halabja Revisited (Photos)
I took the most WONDERFUL trip this weekend. Impulsive, unexpected, rewarding. I woke up on Friday morning determined to get out of Suli. It had been 2 weeks since I'd gone anywhere, and the longer I go without travelling, the more I get stuck in a complacent rut. So I went to the bus terminal, … Continue reading Halabja
On March 9th, I flew from Diyarbakir to Izmir. I spent the night, then took a bus down to Selçuk (sel-chuk). Selçuk is 3 km from Ephesus, so of course that's where I wanted to go. I was ready to see some RUINS! Transportation in Western Turkey is really, really easy. There are dolmuş (dohl-mush: shared taxi-buses) everywhere, and they … Continue reading March 10-11: Selçuk, Serince
I found a pretty good map of the Kurdistan region! It's a bit exaggerated, I believe. I think it's where Kurds have traditionally lived, but not the borders which are actually observed now - for instance, in Iraq, Kirkuk is in Iraqi territory. But it does a pretty good job of showing cities which have … Continue reading Kurdistan (Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria)
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