out like trout

just to let you all know (that is those still reading this) i am heading into the mountains of northeast turkey in a couple of days. i will be heading to the black sea coast near the georgian border and then into the kackar mountains. i want to hike, relax, work on my turkish, and eat some rare (and supposedly psychedelic) honey. from there i will make my way to the armenian border to check out early christian churches (for you ruth) and eventually ending up at mt. ararat to search for noah's ark. i hope to also hit lake van, mt. nemrut, cappadocia, konya, bursa, and finally back to istanbul. i should be out for about a month depending on money, time, and all that rot. i am going to try to keep this updated with what is happening and what i am doing. so please keep reading and commenting.