Category Archives: Turkey

The historic treasures of Mardin in three days

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Bryan Keith

Continuing our auto tour of Upper Mesopotamia, the next stops were Midyat, Mardin, and Dara, all in the Turkish province of Mardin. I’d been wanting to visit the city of Mardin for years.  It’s some travellers’ favourite place in Turkey.  … Continue reading →

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A couple old cities on the Tigris: Diyarbakır and Hasankeyf

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Bryan Keith

Kind of similar to last year’s week-long driving trip west of Antalya with Ferda and my parents, I arranged another week-long auto tour starting and ending in Diyarbakır.  This year Megan joined us as well.  Welcome to Mesopotamia. Except maybe … Continue reading →

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Another week of skiing with Osman and Fatma

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Bryan Keith

Last year Peter, Amy, Scott, and Stephanie flew straight from Anchorage to Erzurum to ski the Kaçkars.  This year Megan flew into Erzurum from Los Angeles, and like last year we went by dolmuş up to Olgunlar and stayed at … Continue reading →

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Climbing and snorkeling in Kaş

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Bryan Keith

Every since seeing Kaputaş Beach from the road with my parents, I’ve wanted to go back there.  It’s a beautiful stretch of white sand and turquoise water, hemmed in by steep cliffs.  Then I learned that there’s climbing in the … Continue reading →

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A Picnic on Mt. Ararat

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Bryan Keith

If you like mountaineering books, I recommend No Picnic on Mt. Kenya about two Italian mountaineers who were prisoners of war during World War 2 at the base of Mt. Kenya.  They saved some of the their daily rations, made … Continue reading →

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