I made, probably in 1993, a walk in the interior of Rize province. I’m pretty certain I first went to Pazar, on the coast, then somehow made it into the interior, for a long stretch following a stream (probably the Fırtına Deresi) in one of the valleys. The weather was overcast, but without rain, though along the stream there were traces of landslides – as well as of road works to prevent them in the future. I came to a small town, where to my surprise I met people who had worked in my home country, The Netherlands. Then I returned to Rize.
In another sub-gallery I show the tea culture, also in the interior. So the two overlap, tea is grown in areas that I mainly visited for its rough, part-uncultured nature. Essentially, tea is everywhere in this province.
This is of some scans I made of slides, to the best of my knowledge in 1993, maybe (also) made in 2002.