The guys from Bros Motorcycle in Erzurum did a great job and luckily I'm back on the road. Taking a break for a few days is nice to update my reports, but I still prefer riding my bike. For today's route I have chosen Ardahan as the end point. The last town of significance…
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The next day, I stop along the way just for a beautiful viewpoint signposted along my route. A restaurant under construction, with a partial glass floor overhanging a canyon. It's a bit messy and deserted and I'm the only visitor, but the view is beautiful and the coffee…
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My engine is covered in dust when I leave Göreme in the morning. When I drive out of the village with burning eyes, I hesitate to clean my lenses by the side of the road, but that once cost me a lens and I'd rather not do that. Fortunately, the tears do their…
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Just before I arrive in Göreme, Cappadocia, the landscape changes drastically. Erosion-worn rock formations with the strangest shapes now define the landscape and the closer I get to the village, the clearer it is that something is going on here. Traffic consists largely of luxury taxis, vans and large coaches and the…
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Near the town of Yalvaç is the site of Antioch in Pisidia, a town from the Hellinistic period with excavations and an aqueduct, which I drive to immediately after breakfast. Unfortunately, the site is fenced and closed, but the aqueduct is freely accessible. Impressive to see how water was used in those days…
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At 6.30 am I get up because then dozens of hot air balloons fly over the limestone terraces and the village. Half an hour later I am at the entrance of the park, because that is where I have the best view. The balloons rise just behind the hills and land again behind the village, a flight of less than…
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When I open the curtains of my room, there are at least 20 hot air balloons hanging in the twilight of the sun that is still rising. What a beautiful face. The Cappadocia region, which I will visit later, is known for it. Never knew that this is also daily practice here. For that the…
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I will remember the pension in Akçay for a while, because it has been a while since I slept so badly. There was a pub in the alley below my window, which just had a live musician on the program tonight. Turkish folk songs played only with guitar and vocals through a mega-amplifier, loud and out of tune, to…
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I must mention it separately. As of today I am officially in Asia! A small part of Turkey is located in Europe and the largest part in Asia. The imaginary border is formed by the river that connects the Black Sea with the Aegean Sea. This is ao the route of the grain ships from Ukraine…
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