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…
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.…
