(Another oldie:-)A suit.A package.A suitcase worn by a human.Well, that just gave the game away!Suits. Suits.I don't care about suits.What I care deeply about is what'sGoing on under a suitWhat emotions are churningWhat unsuitworthyMentalnessIs sneakily hidden by that smartSnappyDapperShoulder enhancingPower costume?A man in a suit.Black. A briefcase.A walkOf purposeA poseOf professionThe nextThe same.Grey perhaps this time.Same proportions.Same. Suit. Sa...

(an oldie but hopefully a goodie;-)A map A map is a political statement Or is it?The state is the original map maker's client They drew the stateI'm a map maker I've been to the edge of the stateMany states They don't strike me Though As justifying a boundaryDrawing a boundary at the edge of a state Is the ultimate mockery Of the state of the people Of the intermingling of language and culture Of the flurry of trade and other exchangesThere is no ...

This leg involved riding from Konya to Uchisar in the famed Capadocia region. It went over some honestly boring flat terrain northeast of Konya. Flat farmland over a massive plain with some hills way off on the horizon that I never seemed to get to. But in the end all my patient riding at the speed limit was worth it because I got to a massive salt lake. I wrote a long poem about today so I will let that tell the story, it's in the pictures. I got some really...

Day 3 I simply rested and checked out Uchisar Castle. The next day I did a 20km walk around Capadocia. What an amazing place. There is a lot of natural beauty in Turkey. Yes, Capadocia's overrun with tourists but sometimes it's fine to go to a place like that especially when it's nature. Basically there are lots of conical sandstone rock formations. Usually they're clustered together in ridges, although occasionally there'll be one standing o...

Summary:Massive ride through wet and mud from Goreme to Adana via Mt Hasan and north Adana province mountain range. Today's ride was actually adventure touring. Everything up until now could have been accomplished on any road weapon of your choice. I had essentially a plan of hitting the twisties through the mountains on the way down south to Adana. In final plans the morning of the ride I realised I'd be able to go over the saddle between Mt Kucuk Hasan...