In Kars, heading over to Ani tomorrow, which should be pretty neat. I have to admit that on this trip the bus rides have been some of my best memories and riding through the steppe of Anatolia has been no different, and as such I'm looking forward to that as much as the ruins and photography. Today on the way down from Erzurum we passed a lot of little villages backdropped by green rolling hills and locals on horses. Really nice.

I've been online a lot more lately - this is because wireless internet is ubiquitous and free all over Turkey. Kars isn't a small village, but it isn't really a tourist spot either (more locals approach me here as I am more of a novelty than I am in Istanbul). Turkey has had the best internet access of any of the countries I've been in. I'm only commenting here now because I popped open the compy before heading to dinner and lo, an open access point.

At some point I'll discuss travel in the era of the omnipresent internet along with web 2.0. Bottom line - I think it's a good thing, and like any tool as long as you use it correctly - in this case not spending the whole day online.

you are the media you consume.