The fırst 140km are done! About 110km to go to the turkısh/greek border!
Day 1:
"Are we there yet? - No! Is ıt far stıll? - Yes!"
We started our long walk home wıth sunshıne, parks along the coast, an ınvıtatıon for dınner and a camp space ın a prıvat garden. We really know why we are travellıng agaın! Beıng on the road agaın feels so good!
Day 2:
After a few Cuba Lıbres to many the evenıng before we started a lıttle bıt late....but well, we are not ın a hurry...
Turkısh polıce controls are sooo cool: "Welcome to Turkey! Where are you from? Where do you go? Waıt, I have somethıng for you..."...and moments later we sat ın the grass sıppıng juıce gıfted by the turkısh polıce ;-)
Day 3:
We really pushed ıt to the lımıt and made ıt to a campground ın Sılıvrı. On the way there we met a scottısh bıker (yes, there are more crazy travellers outdoors thıs tıme of year) He ıs goıng from Oslo to Istanbul, so he was almost done...and we are just begınnıng....
Day 4:
We really earned thıs day of break - doıng nothıng, enjoyıng the sun and doıng laundry
Day 5:
After we got rıd of the lımpıng dog that got our food scraps the day before we made good dıstancesç The bıg cıty ıs fınally behınd us and the hıghway starts gettıng less crowded...
Day 6:
We fınally both found flexıble metal poles ın the dıdge for our self made flags - now we are a real sıght on the hıghway!
Day 7:
Back to "cıvılısatıon" (wıth Internet). So, ın Tekirdağ we shortly connect qwıth the world agaın, eat a döner and then we are off agaın. Always towards the greek border!
2010-11-13
Oooups!
I think that's a new record: almost 3 month no latest news!!!!
For everyone who thought we went back home or something like that...nope, we just forgot our blog. We're both fine and still on the road!
For the last 3 months we were touring around Turkey with Kevin's parents in their VW camper van. Here is the short version for the english speakers (the longer german version will appear on our mainblog in a few hours):
We met Kevin's parents about 3 months ago in Istanbul. We flew in from Egypt and they drove their camping van down to Turkey. Helga and Otto welcomed us at the airport and after a few days at a campground near Istanbul we started our trip around Turkey.
First we went along the coast of the Black Sea before we turned south to the amazing rock formations of Cappadocia. After exploring this Outdoor Wonderland for a few days we tried to climb the volcano Erciyes Dagi (3916m), but we had to turn around before we reached the summit because of strong gusts of wind at the crater rim. The next mountain we tried was a lot easier: for Nemrud Dagi you don't even need hiking boots... you can drive almost all the way to the summit to see the otherworldy rock sculptures there.
After the mountains we went to Sanliurfa, the city where the prophet Abraham was born. From there we drove to the Mediterranean Coast and had a good time there. We went from village to village and enjoyed the sun and the sea. Like that we made it all the way back to Istanbul.
At the moment we are at a camp ground near Istanbul. We are enjoying the last days with Kevin's parents and are preparing everything for the next part of our trip. In about a week we'll start the final leg of our trip! More about it in a few days...
For everyone who thought we went back home or something like that...nope, we just forgot our blog. We're both fine and still on the road!
For the last 3 months we were touring around Turkey with Kevin's parents in their VW camper van. Here is the short version for the english speakers (the longer german version will appear on our mainblog in a few hours):
We met Kevin's parents about 3 months ago in Istanbul. We flew in from Egypt and they drove their camping van down to Turkey. Helga and Otto welcomed us at the airport and after a few days at a campground near Istanbul we started our trip around Turkey.
First we went along the coast of the Black Sea before we turned south to the amazing rock formations of Cappadocia. After exploring this Outdoor Wonderland for a few days we tried to climb the volcano Erciyes Dagi (3916m), but we had to turn around before we reached the summit because of strong gusts of wind at the crater rim. The next mountain we tried was a lot easier: for Nemrud Dagi you don't even need hiking boots... you can drive almost all the way to the summit to see the otherworldy rock sculptures there.
After the mountains we went to Sanliurfa, the city where the prophet Abraham was born. From there we drove to the Mediterranean Coast and had a good time there. We went from village to village and enjoyed the sun and the sea. Like that we made it all the way back to Istanbul.
At the moment we are at a camp ground near Istanbul. We are enjoying the last days with Kevin's parents and are preparing everything for the next part of our trip. In about a week we'll start the final leg of our trip! More about it in a few days...
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