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Karakoçan to Norşên via Lice and Kulp: swimming holes and soldiers

A lot happened this week. When I read through my notes, at times it seemed like it was all heat and flat tires. Certainly there were too much of both, but we also had jandarma excitement, continued language diversity, some … Continue reading

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A wintry trip from the Aegean to the Mediterranean

Turkey’s convoluted southwest coast means that it’s actually impossible to bicycle from Bodrum to Antalya sticking to the coast.  You must go inland and cross some mountains.  Inland we went.  Mountains, oh yeah! Snežana took a bus to Antalya, and … Continue reading

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