Pictures below. I didn’t expect to believe any of it. That’s the honest starting point. I sat down, drank the coffee — which is strong in a way that makes you question every cup you’ve had before it, the kind of strong you’d rather smell…
Istanbul, Türkiye The bags were gone for hours. New country. New airport. Staff that were not particularly invested in solving our problem. And nothing to do but wait, track, and stay functional. That was my welcome to Türkiye. I’ve thought about that moment a lot…
How Fear Nearly Cost Me My Favorite Region on Earth I almost didn’t go. Let me be honest about that. When Turkey first came up — when the idea of actually getting on a plane and flying to a country I had categorized in my…