Kars to Van
Van is an actual place in eastern Turkey. It sits on the shores of Lake Van, the largest lake in Turkey and our destination today. Our itinerary was as follows:…
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Erzurum to Kars
Today’s plan takes us from Erzurum to Kars and then a side trip to the ancient city of Ani. Our visit to Ani will be in the next post because…
Road to Erzurum
We started our day in the Black Sea coast town of Trabzon. After fruitlessly looking for an ATM (hard!) we blew out of town and headed to the Sumela Monastery…
Sunrise on the Black Sea
The Black Sea is 7,000 feet deep. If it were a Great Lake it would be the greatest at over twice the size of Lake Superior. It’s big. It also,…
Wow, it’s here
Months in the planning, months in the waiting, and now suddenly it’s upon us. Crazy! I bet the next two weeks zoom by too. But for now the entire trip…
Leaving Oman
What a terrific stop we had in Oman. We feel so fortunate to have experienced what we did and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend a trip there. Muscat is about 75…
Al Hajar Mountains
For day two of our guided tour of the interior of Oman we covered a circle that sort of mirrored our trip yesterday, but to the west. It looked like…
Sharqiya Sands
Months ago when we were planning this trip we knew that in Oman we wanted to get out of Muscat and see the interior. Oman is a surprisingly mountainous country…
