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…
Iraq – Kurdistan (Erbil, Suleymaniyeh, Dohuk) December 9-10, 2019 Currency. Iraq Dinar (IQD). Exchange rates (December 2019). 1US$ = 1200…
Turkey – Northeast, Central-East Anatolia (Erzurum, Kars, Van, Malatya) December 4-6, 2019 I entered the far north of this area…
Turkey – Northeast, Central-East Anatolia (Erzurum, Kars, Van, Malatya) December 4-6, 2019 I entered the far north of this area…
Azerbaijan – Nakhchivan December 5-6, 2019 GETTING IN Visa. My initial e-visa to Azerbaijan was a single entry and terminated…
Nagorno Karabakh December 2-3, 2019 GETTING IN From the south shore of Lake Sevan on basically snowless roads, I drove…