I was invited to a workshop on Latin America. It was hosted by Ankara University, and financed by TIKA. A tiring but certainly worthwhile trip. Below are the highlights:
Distance covered:
approx. 6000 miles (~10,000kms), each
way
Flight Connections:
3
Total number of poking
and probing by the airport security: 6
(yes, they touch you w/their left hands, despite having beeping
detectors in their right hands)
Days spent in Ankara: 4
Total number of days
spent while traveling to Ankara: 4
Number of Latin
American Ambassadors met on this trip: 7
Number of diplomatic
missions from Latin America in Ankara: 9
Hotel reservations:
1
Number of days spent
at the hotel: 0
Number of nights spent
at various friends’ homes: 4
Happy hours with
friends: 4
Amount of stuffed
mussels consumed on this trip: over
20
Turkish coffee: 2 cups
Fortune telling from
coffee grains: 1
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