Tuz Gölü, the Salt-lake
Traveling further in the lands of Kurds as far as Kulu
In the land of the Kurds
The truckdriver’s hospitality in Sivrihisar
After Eskisehir the countryside became really strange, one that we have never seen before. It was empty, only fields around us, and nothing else. We were going into the big nothing by the four lanes of the road, using the hard shoulder.
We wish just hill with headwind and Balkan earth closet in the end of day
In Asia we became glommed by the police
The farewell was incredible. We stayed at Ali almost one week and we liked each other a lot.
But the biggest farewell was from Dani. We travelled together more than 1 month and now he just left.
One week in Istanbul – Part 2
One week in Istanbul – 1. part
Find our home in Istanbul – not easy…
Arriving to Istanbul was not that hard that we thought. The traffic is acceptable, the only thing you need is to flow with others. This is the key element of driving in Asia I can say. So do not be bothered by nothing, even if you see a burning car.
(watch your video about arriving to Istanbul here!)
The four days in Turkey
Farewell from Ali
We left Edirne in the morning. Ali joined us for the first 25kms before we stopped in a village for a tea.
The locals were sitting at the tables, were playing cards and drinking tea. It was half lira so we had some too and also bought a large box of ice cream for 3 liras. During the break we cleaned the chains cause it was due despite they were still in working order. We said good bye form Ali, we had a good time with him, it was a nice change before three of us hit the road again.
The road was still undulating; we planned to go till Kirklareli, 60kms from Edirne, but the hills tired us out so we arrived there only in dinner time. Zita and Dani went shopping to the local BIM while I looked after the bikes. Read more…
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