Tag: Nemrut Dagi

  • A Few More Photos from Mount Nemrut (Nemrut Dağı)

    A Few More Photos from Mount Nemrut (Nemrut Dağı)

    Who says every post has to be a long-winded rant? Here’s a few pictures I took on top of a mountain when we were in Turkey!

  • Diyarbakır (Amed), home of the Kurds

    Diyarbakır (Amed), home of the Kurds

    We had one of our best single days in Diyarbakır, thanks to the generosity and eagerness of one man to share his city and culture with two total strangers. We met Muzaffer while walking down the street, in what seemed at first like just another friendly “where are you from?” It’s a common enough thing…

  • Feeling homesick after 5.5 months of travel

    Feeling homesick after 5.5 months of travel

    For the first time in my life I have had people ask me where I’m from and when I say Canada they shrug their shoulders and say, “Where’s that?”  After 5.5 months I am officially homesick. Although some of my homesickness might be brought on by the fact that my entire body is aching, my…

  • Laura wants to share lots of random photos with you

    Laura wants to share lots of random photos with you

    Currently Chris and I are in a hotel room in Diyarbakir in eastern Turkey. I thought I could post a bunch of random photos for you guys to enjoy. They cover all sorts of different things and times during our trip, including our Sahara trek, Italy, Morocco and Turkey. We plan on heading into Iran in…

  • Finally heading east from Istanbul

    Finally heading east from Istanbul

    Sorry for the lack of updates lately. We’ve been working our butts off on a video for the Second Home Hostel here in Istanbul. If the dang thing ever uploads properly, you’ll see it soon enough. In about three hours, we’ll be leaving on a 26-hour train to a city in Eastern Turkey called Malatya.…