Tag: Turkey
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From Kars to Yerevan with Tim
After two months of cycling as a duo, we left Kars as a trio. Thomas’ friend, Tim, flew to Kars in the far corner of Turkey to join us on our detour through Georgia and Armenia. After weeks of heat and sunshine, it poured rain the day we met Tim in Kars. Luckily, the sky…
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Ankara to Cappadocia
When Thomas asked me what I expected from my birthday, I shrugged and said, “Cycling…?” We began our unspectacular journey the day before from Ankara, mostly along an almost highway-like road, with three more days of cycling ahead to reach Cappadocia. I’ve never really liked my birthday and usually dread it rather than look forward…
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Four Days to Istanbul
Four days from Alessandropolis to Istanbul. 390 km. Four days of rice fields, sunflower fields, wheat fields, some old houses, beautiful forest cemeteries, empty children’s playgrounds, old men drinking chai, heavy wind, and even more fields. Over time, the rice fields became fewer, wheat predominated, and the sunflowers did not yet smile towards the sun…