Here’s my route through Turkey. From Edirne to Istanbul I followed the E5 (pr. “ehbesh”) which is a big filthy main road which goes through a handful of massive cities and a whole load of factories. I was braced for it being grim and it turned out to be great, thanks to Turkish people being awesome.
- Captain Andrew
- Edirne
- Havsa
- Babaeski
- Lüleburgaz
- Çorlu
- Silivri
- Büyük Çekmece
- Beşiktaş, İstanbul
- Idealtepe, İstanbul
- Suburban Sprawl, İstanbul
- İzmit where I stayed at Nizam’s plastic factory and left the E5.
- Doğançay
- Taraklı where I started to feel out of urban sprawl and more in the mountains.
- Nallıhan
- Across the Sarıyar Barajı which is a river which runs black
- Mihalıççık, which is marked on my big map so I assumed it was some sort of substantial community. The sign proudly said “Population 4000” making me laugh out loud.
- Hamamkarahisar where I met Mum
- Günyüzü
- Various other villages (Mum has all the details)
- Özyürt
- Sevinç
- Sülüklü
I’m heading for a massive salt lake called (in Turkish) Saltlake, and then I’m going for Adana, Tarsus, Antakya and Syria.
Love the new picture Mikey it looks amazing just dont go the wrong way
Love Alison/x
Excellent use of cologne for your feet. I think a woman once did something like that for Jesus. only it was really expensive stuff and then she dried it with her hair. shocking.
We’ve had one person who’s slept in the porch of St Mary’s, and another, who had a meal with me and then slept in St Francis but that was a long time ago. I don’t think either were pilgrims and certainly one preferred the title Tramp to homeless. He seemed to know where he was going.
The Salt Lake you can see from space (according to google earth) but its in about the right place for a lake of water in my bible maps so I wonder what it was in St Paul’s day.
Enjoy your Pilgrim’s Progress. love n prayers