For our trip through eastern Turkey, it was the first time that we consulted the travel advice of the EDA (Foreign Office travel advice Switzerland), Auswärtiges Amt (Foreign Office travel advice Germany) and Foreign travel advice (UK). Since the institutions did not agree in their recommendations, we followed the travel advice of the EDA. This recommends avoiding the South East of the country, especially the border area with Syria and Iraq.
Author: David & Regula
Crossing Anatolia, Part 2
An unforeseen break day in Pertek provided our bikes with their due maintenance and we were able to write another blog entry.
Last time we reported from Göreme. There we watched the balloons at sunrise and later had lunch in the village canteen. During the hottest part of the day we were at the hotel arranging a new shipment of materials for Georgia, researching the onward journey and working on the blog.
Crossing Anatolia, Part 1
The Asian part of Turkey is so big that we have chosen highlights for the journey and set realistic sub-goals. This way we keep our motivation high, even if our progress on our 1:1’100’000 map is very slow. Between the various highlights, we look for the most promising connections, but the most exciting encounters and experiences always happen quite unexpectedly along the way.
Impressions from Istanbul
The demanding journey to Istanbul was well worth the effort. We spent five days in this fascinating metropolis on the Bosporus. On foot, by metro, streetcar, bus, ship and gondola we explored the city.
From Novi Pazar to Istanbul
As so often, we adjusted our itinerary from Novi Pazar to the weather prospects. Because the weather in the mountains remained cloudy for a longer time and the nice weather approached from the west, we decided to make an additional loop over the Uvac Canyon.