Alex Crevar

Sep 16, 2024 | bbc.com | Alex Crevar

Athens, Georgia: The US South's coolest college townJessica Parrillo(Credit: Jessica Parrillo)Renowned for its party scene and the birthplace of some hugely influential bands, this small city is quietly showing its bigger counterparts how a place can grow up while keeping its edge. Some Americans may know the lore of Athens, Georgia, and its claims to fame.

Sep 16, 2024 | flipboard.com | Alex Crevar

“It was very bittersweet and not an easy decision for us to arrive at”: Michael Stipe looks back on the day that R.E.M. split upThere are not many positives to be drawn from R.E.M. splitting up back in 2011, but there are a few little morsels to cling on to. One is that the …

Aug 11, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | Berkok Yüksel |Jessica Lee |Alex Crevar |Daniel Stables

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). 1. Hike Cappadocia’s cave citiesThis region in central Turkey is an upside-down world: there are as many as 60 subterranean cities, while its terrestrial landscape resembles the interior of a cave system, covered in stalagmite-like rock pillars known as ‘fairy chimneys’. They’re caused by wind erosion but are named for the folkloric belief that they were created by the djinns (genies) who live beneath the ground.

Aug 11, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | Berkok Yüksel |Jessica Lee |Alex Crevar |Daniel Stables

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). 1. Hike Cappadocia’s cave citiesThis region in central Turkey is an upside-down world: there are as many as 60 subterranean cities, while its terrestrial landscape resembles the interior of a cave system, covered in stalagmite-like rock pillars known as ‘fairy chimneys’. They’re caused by wind erosion but are named for the folkloric belief that they were created by the djinns (genies) who live beneath the ground.

Aug 4, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | Alex Crevar

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Near the Gediz Delta, a third of the way across Turkey’s section of the EuroVelo Cycle Route 8, a flamboyance of flamingos appears overhead. As if the 300-mile journey hugging the Aegean Coast isn’t dramatic enough, the honking birds provide a fiery-pink chevron escort along a corridor that was once the stomping ground of Greek poet Homer and Alexander the Great.