Category Archives: Turkey

Trekking and biking the high Kaçkar

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Bryan Keith

From Yusufeli it was a 3300m climb to Kaçkar Dağı Summit, the highest peak in the Eastern Black Sea Mountains (Doğu Karadeniz Dağları).  From rice paddies to snow and ice.  Sage and I took four days.  We biked up to … Continue reading →

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Artvin’s worth the effort!

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Bryan Keith

Turks like to travel, and many have travelled a lot in their own country.  When I ask about their favourite place to visit, their eyes light up, they smile, and they start gushing about Artvin. Before we could get to … Continue reading →

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The mountains near Tortum

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Bryan Keith

Eight days of pedalling from Erzurum.  We’re in Uzundere, back on the main highway, about 80 km north of the city.  Sage and I rode a couple loops in Tortum İlçe.  Up and down, up and down.  I’m sure other … Continue reading →

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It’s a big small world

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Bryan Keith

Banu and Deniz were terrific hosts in Ankara.  I arrived about three days earlier than I had originally told Banu, and she had no problem with that.  Even after so many months on the road, I still have a very … Continue reading →

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Çay to Ankara, the Central Anatolian Plateau

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Bryan Keith

Çay to Ankara.  What a difference from the Antalya to Çay week.  It wasn’t Illinois-flat or even Kansas-flat, but after Çay I definitely left the mountains.  I tried to find the highest mountains out there on the rolling Anatolian Plateau … Continue reading →

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