

Turkey, Turkey
*** Turkish Excursion ***
July 12, 2012
Day 41 - Turkey Day 1
1:00AM
My initiation to Turkey began inauspiciously. Similar to the start of most bad events (i.e. horror movies), a flat tire, not normally perceived to be a good omen, redirected the trajectory of the very first bus I stepped foot on in the country. This multi hour detour was compounded by an already slow trip from the Iraqi border, and heading towards a Turkish town I never intended to go to, n...