Monthly Archives: November 2007

Frost, Tea and Celebrity

By Tom | Published: November 26, 2007
Ten days have elapsed since we made our way hes­it­at­ingly out of Istan­bul after nearly a month off the bikes. We were expect­ing hard­ship; cyc­ling and camp­ing in the cold, wet, and moun­tain­ous climes of north­ern Turkey.
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It’s Not All Bad News

By Tom | Published: November 14, 2007
I know you like read­ing about our mis­for­tune. It’s dra­matic stuff. I like writ­ing about it, too, try­ing to com­mit the exper­i­ence to words and take you to that place and time. I hope that the res­ults are enter­tain­ing, but also resemble the real­ity of what happened, too — exag­ger­a­tion and artistic license are not [...]
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At Least It Happened In A Big City

By Tom | Published: November 1, 2007
Andy and I have been soak­ing up Istan­bul for a fair while now. We’re both itch­ing to get on the road again, and I’m excited and a little appre­hens­ive at the pro­spect of see­ing through the winter in Cent­ral Asia. But we’ve had more than our fair share of hic­cups, and they are still pre­vent­ing [...]
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