Black Dog Bicycling

Together with Celıne, Benoıt, Alkım, Javı and his wife (who had gamely hired bikes) I continued my burgeoning love affair with Cappadocıa by...

Cappodocia (or Kapadokya) is glorious. It's geology begets vibrant colour and surreal shapes.  I dropped out of the rolling hil...

Cycling south from Ankara out of its bowl like geography I was soon sucking in breaths from the climb. Entirely too much time had recently b...

Having made a promise to myself during the harrowing ride into Istanbul I caught a bus out of the city. Emerging from the cramped confine...

Istanbul is a very special city. Looking back across the Bosphorous at the Golden Horn to see the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque 

This border felt rather different to the cozy, porous European crossings. I drifted out of Greece onto a bridge with marksmen posted periodi...