I’ve now finished my two week backpacking, busing, and hitch-hiking tour of eastern Turkey. My route took me first on a ferry from Kyrenia, Cyprus, to Silifke, Turkey. From there on to Adana, Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Eski Kahta and the sites at ancient Arsemeia and Nemrud Dagh, on to Diyabakir, Tatvan, Van, Kars (Ani), and Erzurum. Finally, back to Silifke for a couple of days. Now I’m back in Cyprus and I have a few days to catch up on the blog and some new postings for the trip. I should be posting something each of the next few days until I start working again on May 21st, in Istanbul on the ship Variety Voyager: two back-to-back cruises of the Black Sea. Stay tuned!