As you drive in from the airport, Yerevan looks forlorn, like it’s been forgotten by its residents: crumbling buildings, exposed…
Armenia: Part 1
Şirinçe
An hour from Kuşadasi – two dolmuş rides away – up in the hills past the ancient Hellenic ruins…
Istanbul
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The Great Wall of Turkey
You can’t write about Turkey these days without mentioning the Syrian conflict and the refugee crisis it has created in…
Istanbul – Part 3
One of the few monuments of Constantinople that survived the Crusader mayhem was a statue of Justinian on horseback standing…
Istanbul – Part 2
If it weren’t for the Golden Horn, an inlet whose calm waters provide shelter from the raging currents of the…
Istanbul — Part 1
‘Turkey is on sale,’ a man on the streets declared to me. ‘50% off.’ Tourism has been suffering for the…
Boketto
Both writing and traveling require imagination, the ability to see the unseen, a voracious curiosity for the world around you.…
