0 km Yesterday night I jumped on a bus in Antalya. Arriving in Antakya close to the Syrian border in the morning, I should now be back on track to be in Egypt to meet my family for Christmas. And quite a bus ride it was! For the first time on the trip the weather [ Read More ]
0 km Alanya is another popular package tour destination – especially with Scandinavians. Having cycled for two months through Eastern Europe and Turkey it feels really strange to see signs written in Danish in the streets! I had been looking forward to meet my cousin Jesper and his small family on holiday in Alanya. Or [ Read More ]
Distance: 62.78 km Ridetime: 2:16:46 Average: 27.3 km/h Total distance: 3415 km Another fast day on the flat roads along the Mediterranean. Only riding 60 km a day allows plenty of time for a long lunch break. My two hour lunch break location looked like this. After the many days without too much cycling the [ Read More ]
Distance: 79.73 km Ridetime: 3:16:32 Average: 24.4 km/h Total distance: 3352 km My bus arrived in Antalya at 6:30 in the morning and soon I was cycling through the city as the sun was rising. At half past ten I had already reached Side after 80 km of flat roads. How much I would be [ Read More ]
Distance: 23.61 km Ridetime: 1:23:18 Average: 17.4 km/h Total distance: 3272 km While being on the road I almost never know where I will wake up the next morning. This was certainly an unexpected place. I have done very little cycling in the last 3 weeks. Not because I didn’t feel like it – the [ Read More ]
0 km Manon is working for her family company located outside of Izmir. It was in the direction I was heading anyway, so we left the bicycle in the car in the morning. On the company grounds Manon is kept in company by Jashin (horse) and Bonnie (puppy). After a couple of business meetings (Manon, [ Read More ]
0 km After saying goodbye to the radio friends in Izmir I headed into town to meet with Manon. Manon is a Dutch friend I met while studying in Switzerland and who is now living in Izmir – complicated, isn’t it? As Manon said, who needs a TV with a view like that from the [ Read More ]
0 km The amateur radio club of Izmir had generously agreed to host me over the weekend for what in radio circles is known as the CQWW CW contest. Apart from the radio activities I also got a chance to meet many of the members of the club and try some more Turkish food. A [ Read More ]
0 km I had arranged to meet with Selim from the local amateur radio club of Izmir. Selim had been living for many years in the States so communicating in English would not be a problem. Selim took me out for dinner at a nearby restaurant. Once again I found it impossible to get to [ Read More ]
0 km In the morning I took a bus to Izmir. I was wondering if it would be possible to bring the bike, but almost before I entered the bus terminal a guy simply took the bike out of my hands and put it in a bus. I guess he was happy to have found [ Read More ]
