Skippy Mesirow

Cappadocia – Kalkan Life, it is said, is a winding road. You never know what is around the corner. Depending on your perspective it can either be a…

Safronbolu - Cappadocia“You will have the skin of a baby on you” a middle aged man with darkening teeth and cigarette breath proclaims. I look to the…

Top Gear fans, “Good News!” “What?” “It’s the new Dacia Logan!”I stand outside Terminal 1 of Istanbul Airport, an hour after having departed my hostel.…

Back in Tehran “God is the greatest (3 times). Glory to him who has subjected this (transport) to us and we could never have accomplished this (by…

Shiraz – Eshphahan Early morning, we depart Shiraz. The bus glides down the arrow straight highway, a warm knife cutting through the desert’s soft butter.…

Tehran – Persepolis For four days now I have traversed Iran: from the busy streets of Tehran to the solitude of the desert and calming Shiraz to the…

Tehran - Shiraz We in the West have a certain image in our heads when we think of Iran; evil scientists planning world destruction in a lab, crazy…

Aspen – TehranA toe drags through the gravel, a raindrop lands on a hand, the clouds waft through the air as if being dragged by angels. The Maroon Bells…

Tampico - Aspen 320 miles from Tampico, roughly 40 to the US border. All that stands between me and it is one of the most dangerous stretches of tarmac in…

Tampico through Tamaulipas2100 hours. A soldier eats his last MRE for the day. He huddles with his platoon mates for what may be the last time. They look…