As we move east in Turkey, we get closer to the rest of the Middle East. Turkey grows less and less European and there are fewer tourists. When we arrived in Malatya, we could tell we finally ditched the tourist trail. more»

Val and I were hiking through the valleys of Goreme National Park when this old man, wearing a wool suit and leading a donkey, walked over to us and started saying, “Photo? Photo?” more»

We couldn’t pull ourselves away from Cappadocia, an expansive region comprised of strange geological landscapes. Erosion and water have transformed the white soft volcanic rock into bizarre towers called “fairy chimneys.” more»