Sinop to Inebolu

Sinop to Inebolu

Sinop to Amasra is billed by the Lonely Planet guide as a breath-taking scenic road to rival Pacific Coast Highway. ...

We delayed our departure (Unye – Sinop)

We delayed our departure (Unye – Sinop)

We delayed our usual 8-AM-ish departure long enough to have breakfast (included in the price of our room) at Unye...

Trabzond – Unye

Trabzond – Unye

We decided to give the Ataturk Villa another try before leaving Trabzond but had no luck—the tourist information office, very...

Goodbye to Georgia (Gonio-Trabzond)

Goodbye to Georgia (Gonio-Trabzond)

We said goodbye to Gakha and Maia just after 7:00 this morning and crossed the Turkish border about an hour...

Egrisi Sastumro (Gonio)

Egrisi Sastumro (Gonio)

Egrisi Sastumro (Hotel Egrisi) is the perfect little beach hotel, the kind with a fine layer of sand on the...

After two very hot days…

After two very hot days…

After two very hot days on the road, we are in an air-conditioned hotel room in Gonio, just south of...