Exploring Turkish Landscapes: Crossing inner boundaries

There is a long tradition, well documented in travel writing, of people looking for escape, whether from themselves, a failed relationship or a dead-end job. They leave home hoping to find something better than that they left behind. I never really thought about where I fitted in until I started writing the essays in this collection. Travel is so much a part of my life now I almost can’t remember a time when I wasn’t travelling, researching a new trip or saving up to put my plans into action. I was forever a tourist, always looking for new and exotic places to get away from the mundane and experience the unknown.