Category Archives: Traveling

Auto-touring to a couple yayla in Rize

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Bryan Keith

The Kaçkar Mountains!  A great escape from Antalya’s summertime heat.  This summer Ferda and I signed up with one of Rize’s hiking clubs, KDRK, for their casual six-day trekking trip.  But first we arrived in Rize early with a couple … Continue reading →

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Paperwork in Ankara

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Bryan Keith

Ankara’s not a particularly exciting city.  I’ve been a number of times, mostly to visit Banu, Deniz, and Sabiha, but I haven’t bothered writing a blog about it till now.  Banu and Deniz  now live in Amsterdam, and Sabiha was … Continue reading →

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Ahmetler Canyon descent with Evren and Bekir

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Bryan Keith

This was my second descent of Ahmetler Canyon.  It’s a super fun day, something worth doing a few times.  On my first trip through the canyon, I was cold almost the whole time.  This time I had a full (as … Continue reading →

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Four-day auto-tour east of Antalya with Gertjan, Jacqui, and Mateo

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Bryan Keith

Well, this blog post was a long time coming.  When we did this trip last September, I was still fairly good about keeping the blog going, and this entry was the next one I was going to write.  Somehow I … Continue reading →

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A one day ride up to Saklıkent and Kar Çukuru Yaylası

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Bryan Keith

There are a number of one-day big elevation rides possible from Antalya.  A couple years ago in November I rode up to the summit of Sarı Çınar at 1800m.  That’s the summit visible from Antalya with the huge radio antenna … Continue reading →

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