(Picture: 40 days of hiking from Istanbul to Konya. Up to 35 kilometers a day. The children are great at it!!) As I write, I'm being rocked from a...
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Susan Elliott Hadija
Strong in humbleness, sweet in humour, wondrous in nature and ways of life. This journey tells the story of hospitality and hearts that...
Jerusalem via Sufi Trail
The Sufi Trail We walked already before we started the Sufi Trail on some other Paths, but we felt almost immediately a huge...
Meandering along gently sloping hills in Anatolia
My experience of Turkey was limited to a stopover on the runway in Ankara for refuelling and a week on the beach in Fethiye. But as...
Erhan Gürer, modern pilgrimage
Ooit, toen ik nog Turkologie studeerde in Leiden, droomde ik van een paardentocht dwars door het Anatolische hartland. Eind juli...
Why do I love hiking and cycling the Sufi Trail?
Just a little overview of the journeys we were so lucky to have had already: 2016 Iris and Sedat explore for the first time 2017 We mark with Huseyn Sari from the Phrygian Trail 2018 From Emirdag to Konya, with Joke, Leendert, Erhan and Marianne 2019 We cycle with...
Natalia Mihai’s Bella Coma
In army cadets; I was the biggest whiner when it came to weekend excursions that required strenuous expeditions in southwestern...
BIOGRAPHY – NATALIA MIHAI
NatI’m Natalia, a writer in VANCOVER, canadaBIOGRAPHY – NATALIA MIHAIIT WAS A WEDNESDAY, THAT I CAME INTO THE WORLD. I KNOW THAT WITH CERTAINTY ON THAT SPECIFIC DECEMBER 29, IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA; I LOOKED IT UP. GOOGLE IS WONDROUS IN THIS REGARD.IT WAS VERY COLD AND...
Terie Leijs Uncle you need petrol in the tank
Terie Leijs wrote the book: "Uncle you need petrol in the tank". The book is in Dutch and contains beautiful pictures that give you a...