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Convertible pants
Fishing shirt Briefs, wool socks Trail running shoes Gator wallet Bike-shaped bottle opener 55 cents |
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| Frogg Toggs rain jacket, rain pants (with bacon accents)
Robot t-shirt 2 pairs briefs, 2 pairs socks Puffy jacket, balaclava Running sandals Disposable poncho |
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Blu Studio Energy 2 (days and days of battery, apps for offline maps, topo maps, gps tracking, offline translation)
Asus C201 Chromebook (13 hours of battery, under 2lbs with charger, 2GB memory) Panasonic Lumix DMC-DS20 (20x zoom) Kindle 2nd Edition (Free 3G across the world - I once ordered a plane ticket on a JoBurg subway!) Cables, plug adapter |
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| Water bottle with stickers |
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Toilet paper in dry bag
Toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, deodorant Sawyer filter Sunscreen in baby lotion bottle Passport in ziplock Headlamp, headphones Sunflower seeds and raisins in peanut butter jar Dumpster-dived bobo oat bars |
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| MountainScream 25 (look at the size of those mesh pockets!) |
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| Heathrow's new T5 was apparently rated the best terminal in the world, but lacks decent sleeping seats, free samples, or anything else that might qualify it for this status in my book |
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| A bird flies in front of the Agya Sofya |
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| Inside the Blue Mosque |
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| Construction on the Agya Sofya |
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| Not the river that separates Europe from Asia |
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| The Basilica Cistern |
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| Not a single thing resembling pudding on the menu |
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| Tombs |
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| Medusa head |
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| They made me carry my shoes around in a baggie |
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| $30 overnight bus had substantially more amenities than my American Airlines overseas flight |
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| Riverside market in Fethiye |
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| Ghost town |
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| Rock tombs |
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| The trail goes straight through a ghost town! |
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| My 4-star hotel's pool was lacking something |
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| My room's toilet has a hairdryer and a phone! |
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| Water park would likely be more enjoyable if water were added into the mix |
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| I attempted to order a snack and ended up with a four-course meal - and then proceeded to lose all of it on the winding 12-hour bus ride that followed |
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| Dinner feast included with $15 village hotel |
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| Be the seed |
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| Whichever way you choose, there will be dangerous rottweilers |
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| Village stew |
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| Standard hole donkey |
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| Cave hostel |
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| Castle I nearly went to |
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| I arrived 2 minutes late to said castle and found this sign |
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| Saint Jacques |
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| Trail magic Easter chocolates |
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| The Chemin coincides with GR-65 for much of its length |
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| This donkey was none too happy to see me |
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| There weren't too many road signs translated to English, but this seems like a good choice |
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| Creative holy water container |
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| Forlorn submariner |
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| Free pilgrim hang-out (in-season) |
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| Dog that followed me for 30 miles |
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| Patron saint who got bludgeoned to death by Native Americans |
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| Apparently the Nothing lives here |
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| Almost a Cappadocian cave church |
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| A perk of hiking in low-season - free upgrades to private rooms! |
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| Local absinthe - 6 free samples before your hike |
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| Inside Mary |
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