I got so caught up in trying to explain my photos that I hope I’m not confusing things with too many facts. Do look at the 3D tour of the Mevlana Museum; you feel as if you are there. My next email after this will show the phot…
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Konya part 1
“Turkey’s equivalent of the “Bible Belt,” Konya treads a delicate path between its historical significance as the home town of the whirling dervish orders and a bastion of Seljuk culture on the one hand, and its modern importance as an economic…
Beysehir "Ottoman Heart"
"The main town on this region’s third major lake, fast growing Beysehir has preserved its Ottoman heart against the waves of modernity, and is home to one of Anatolia’s best medieval mosques. Founded around the 6th ce…
Visit to a Guneykent Family
July 19, 2011
Marmaris Yacht Marina
Marmaris, Turkey
Hi All,
The last 2 Boston Red Sox games have been pretty wild: 1-0 in 16 innings against the Rays and 15-10 the next day against the Orioles. As long as they keep winning I don’t care. The 16 i…
When last we left our heroes…
Sorry about the lack of recent blogs; no connectivity much of the time and just lazy I guess. Anyway, since Petersburg we’ve been to Juneau, out to Glacier Bay National Park with Hong Kong Aussies Heather & Warren; down to Elfin Cove then back to Ju…
Beysehir part 1
We were enjoying the Lake District so much we decided to stop at Lake Beysehir instead of going directly to Konya. In hindsight I wish we would have either stayed one night longer in Egirdir to explore Isparta or gone directly to Konya. Beysehir has an…
Its all for the birds
Diesel Duck has moved up to the Chesapeake Bay for the hurricane season. It is lovely here. During the daytime temperatures are in the 34 deg C range, but nights have been a lot cooler than what we were used to and the humidity is down to 40%. (…
Sitka Roll-up – July 5 through July 16
We arrived in Sitka on Saturday having completed our trip from Wrangell to Sitka. Rather than a day by day journal, I’ll give a description of the highlights with photos. At the end will be a log of the anchorages and distances traveled. For this le…
The start of the adventure…..
Marmaris to Egirdir, Isparta and Guneykent
We left Marmaris early July 4th intending to spend the night in Isparta. Our route took us quickly into the countryside and up into the mountains.
We actually missed the turn-off to Burdur because it was just…
Sneak preview of our motorbike trip
We arrived back on DoraMac on the 13th and after a rest and a visit to the Thursday Market to restock the frig, I am now trying to catch up writing about our adventure. This email is a sneak preview with a few photos from each stop. We had …
