It has been a few months since my rafting trip in Tara Canyon with travel companions Can and Alp, and as promised, photos have arrived. A big thank you to Aurelie and Alice, our French friends from the lively raft ride who took these beautiful photos. About halfway through the […]
There is something about being Turkish and mountains. In our songs, stories, legends and other cultural elements, we live in them, ascend them, go beyond them, pierce through them (“dağlari delmek”), and so on. During a 22 day road trip with my two close Turkish friends, we constantly found ourselves climbing […]
Knowing absolutely nothing about Kotor, I enjoyed the scenic ride as my bus circled the impressive fjord of Montenegro. Rugged, towering dark mountains rose on all sides, covering most of the country and giving credit to the name Monte Negro, or “Black Mountain.” About an hour after crossing the Croatian […]