Our Story: A Pilgrimage across Turkey

We’re Hannah and Caleb—partners in life, curiosity, and the occasional spirited debate about whether it’s better to plan everything in advance or simply trust the road ahead.

We’re raising $11,111 to help support the safe production and quality post production of this filmed pilgrimage across Turkey with hopes of distribution to larger communities in the near future.

Hannah is a military veteran and screenwriter with a deep passion for storytelling. Her work explores the universal threads of love, resilience, and human connection across cultures. She has a vision to travel the world documenting real stories of romance, partnership, and the ways people build meaningful lives together—stories that will ultimately inspire her screenwriting and future creative work.

Caleb is a yoga instructor and spiritual counselor who helps people reconnect with their bodies, emotions, and inner clarity through movement, mindfulness, and conversation. His work focuses on helping others cultivate awareness, resilience, and personal transformation.

Together, we’re setting out on a month-long journey along the Lycian Way in Turkey, one of the most beautiful long-distance walking routes in the world. The trail winds along the Mediterranean coast past ancient ruins, small villages, and landscapes that have witnessed thousands of years of human stories.

This trip is more than a hike for us. It’s a pilgrimage.

For Hannah, it’s an opportunity to meet people, listen to their stories, and capture the lived experiences of love and partnership across cultures—material that will directly inform her writing and creative projects.

For Caleb, it’s a chance to document practices of mindfulness, yoga, and reflection while walking through landscapes that invite presence and perspective.

For both of us, it’s an opportunity to explore how two very different travel styles—Hannah’s adventurous “let’s see what happens” spirit and Caleb’s slightly more… spreadsheets-and-lists approach—can coexist somewhere between careful planning and meaningful spontaneity.

What better time than “now” to actively participate in our project promoting the intimate dance with awareness and the evolution of consciousness.

Thank you for being part of the human story.

With gratitude,Hannah & Caleb