HUNTERS AT HEART Songbirds are in steep decline all over the world. Their habitat has been shrinking because of agriculture,…
Ionian Islands (Corfu, Zakynthos, Kefalonia) December 27-28, 2019 I took the ferry (Kerkyra Seaways www.kerkyraseaways.gr or www.corfuferries.gr but these don’t…
Mount Athos (Agion Oros) December 26, 2019 GETTING THERE Mount Athos - commonly known as the Agion Oros (Holy Mountain), is located…
Greece - North Aegean Islands (Lemnos, Lesbos, Samos, Chios) December 23, 2019 There is a daily ferry from Cesme, Turkey…
Greece – Dodecanese Islands (Rhodes, Kos, Patmos) December 21, 2019 I took the ferry from Marmaris, Turkey to Rhodes for…
Turkey – Mediterranean West (Antalya, Isparta, Burdur, Alanya) December 19-20, 2019 ALANYA This is a large beach resort city on…
Turkey – Mediterranean East (Adana, Hatay, Osmaniye) December 17-19, 2019 HATAY PROVINCE ANTAKYA (Antioch) (pop 217,000) It was a populous…
Turkey – Southeast Anatolia (Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Mardin, Batman, Urfa) December 14-17, 2019 From Kurdistan, Iraq, I turned west to drive…
In Istanbul, fat cats are a good thing A Turkish affection for street cats and dogs has blossomed online—and occasionally…
Kurds in Iraq are the largest ethnic minority in Iraq, comprising between 15% and 20% of the country's population. The…