Alec Tasker
@alectasker.bsky.social
Witty. Debonair. Stupidly handsome. Notorious liar.
I generally try to be a good egg.
I generally try to be a good egg.
Cappadocia is an unreal, utterly unique landscape.
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Cappadocia is an unreal, utterly unique landscape.
Have arrived at frankly obscene cave hotel in Cappadocia.
Not pictured: 9 hour van journey to get here.
Not pictured: 9 hour van journey to get here.
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Have arrived at frankly obscene cave hotel in Cappadocia.
Not pictured: 9 hour van journey to get here.
Not pictured: 9 hour van journey to get here.
Staying overnight in Pamakkale. It is famous for its thermal spas. The town centre has an enormous steaming rock, which unfortunately looks like an elephant stopped by.
December 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Staying overnight in Pamakkale. It is famous for its thermal spas. The town centre has an enormous steaming rock, which unfortunately looks like an elephant stopped by.
Cats: In Turkiye you are never more than three feet from a cat. Every photo I have taken has a furry assistant wrapped around my legs.
December 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Cats: In Turkiye you are never more than three feet from a cat. Every photo I have taken has a furry assistant wrapped around my legs.
The extraordinary amphitheatre and springs at Herapolis.
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The extraordinary amphitheatre and springs at Herapolis.
New evidence has come to light.
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
New evidence has come to light.
Ephesus: magnificent.
Not pictured: subsequent career as leather model.
Not pictured: subsequent career as leather model.
December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Ephesus: magnificent.
Not pictured: subsequent career as leather model.
Not pictured: subsequent career as leather model.
Troy and Troy and Troy and Troy and Troy.
Not Pictured: Troy and Troy and Troy and Troy and Troy.
Not Pictured: Troy and Troy and Troy and Troy and Troy.
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Troy and Troy and Troy and Troy and Troy.
Not Pictured: Troy and Troy and Troy and Troy and Troy.
Not Pictured: Troy and Troy and Troy and Troy and Troy.
Profoundly affecting trip to Gallipoli. I blubbed.
Not pictured: Mini van full of flies.
Not pictured: Mini van full of flies.
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Profoundly affecting trip to Gallipoli. I blubbed.
Not pictured: Mini van full of flies.
Not pictured: Mini van full of flies.
Istanbul: Mosques and mystery.
Not pictured: inconvenient Popes, fighting tour guides.
Not pictured: inconvenient Popes, fighting tour guides.
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Istanbul: Mosques and mystery.
Not pictured: inconvenient Popes, fighting tour guides.
Not pictured: inconvenient Popes, fighting tour guides.
And of course, we did Cabaret Voltaire.
July 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
And of course, we did Cabaret Voltaire.
Football!
The only ground with a crematorium.
The only ground with a crematorium.
July 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Football!
The only ground with a crematorium.
The only ground with a crematorium.
Zurich. A place of weird statues and nice toilets.
July 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Zurich. A place of weird statues and nice toilets.
Basel is full of skeletons, skulls and sinister signs. I'm currently sat in the hotel bar and instead of football, they're showing a documentary about a graveyard. Still, the restaurant next door seems OK...
July 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Basel is full of skeletons, skulls and sinister signs. I'm currently sat in the hotel bar and instead of football, they're showing a documentary about a graveyard. Still, the restaurant next door seems OK...
Basel is really into hosting the Women's Euros. Not only a great game last night between France and Germany, but already a statue commemorating Ann-Katrin Berger's amazing save.
July 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Basel is really into hosting the Women's Euros. Not only a great game last night between France and Germany, but already a statue commemorating Ann-Katrin Berger's amazing save.
The problem with standing near Lake Geneva is that after a while, you need the loo.
July 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The problem with standing near Lake Geneva is that after a while, you need the loo.
My Geneva hotel room doubles as a Bond villain's lair
July 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
My Geneva hotel room doubles as a Bond villain's lair
It was the crab necking beer that made me suspicious.
February 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It was the crab necking beer that made me suspicious.