Tag Archives: Dispatches from the road In this blog entry, read about our early experiences as pilgrims walking the Camino. This post includes impressions, challenges, highlights, information on the “credencial del peregrino,” “albergues de donativo,” eating on the Camino, and what to do when blisters happen.  My first impression of Turkey’s Mediterranean left me underwhelmed, especially in light of our wonderful first month in the country . Nonetheless, we set to work hiking, visiting ruins, admiring the view, and spending afternoons at the beach. Would the Turkish coast of the Mediterranean be able to live up to the rest of the country?  Bruno and I were reunited again in Turkey’s Southeastern Anatolia. It’s good to be back to life on the road, and there have been several pleasant surprises, like stunning beauty, comfortable campsites, plentiful historical sites, and welcome spring-like weather. There may also have been a less pleasant surprise, but you’ll have to read on to find out what!  The United Arab Emirates is the country of Superlatives – world’s largest tower, largest mall, best mountain road, only seven star hotel, only artificial islands shaped into palms and the planet… And yet, between the surface of modernity is a country that still holds a few surprising cultural traditions for those willing to look.  It was finally time to leave Africa. We had our Saudi Arabian transit visas, we had our tickets for the ferry to Jeddah, and now, all we had to do was board the ferry from Suakin and leave Africa behind. |
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