It's been three weeks since Ane returned home and I left Istanbul,
following the black sea I cycled all the way to Trabzon.
The first few days where hard, my body had
become lazy and after been in good company for month and a half it was time to
continue on my own. Luckily I met Carmen and Joe whom I shared the road with
for few days, together we had a chance to taste some of the best Turkish
hospitality. We've been invited for tea on countless occasions and there have
many times when people have welcomed to their homes too, no words can describe the
kindness of Turkish people!
Carmen and Joe were on a tight schedule
due to visa entry deadlines so it was fun to push ourselves over the steep
roads of the black sea, unfortunately we have planned different routes and had
to say goodbye in Trabzon. Now I'm cycling with Fernando and Veronika, a
spanish-lithuanian couple, we plan to follow similar routes for some time so
will probably share the road for a while (as winter is approaching decided that
is not a good idea to go to the Pamir mountains and will head south instead).
That will be if we manage to pick an Iranian visa, Trabzon has reputation to be
one of the easiest place to get one but so far we've been told to return to the
embassy a week later...
I'll let you know how we get on.
I'd like to thank you all the people who
have helped us along the black sea, special mention to Ali, Ergun, Yasin,
Murat, Yetkin and finally to Yalcin eta Ayvaz families.
Video:
Black Sea ENGLISH from lander on Vimeo.
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