Away from the tourists

We are heading further East, a region away from the normal tourist route. To get out of Kayseri, we took the main road. Lots of traffic, but fast. We caught some nice views of Mt. Erciyes again. It had rained in the city last night. But above 3500m it must have snowed, as top of the volcano was covered in a thin layer of snow.
After 30km, we stopped at a small roadside shop to buy some bread for breakfast. And here we encountered Turkish hospitality again. After having bought 1 bread for just over 10 Euro Cents, the shop owner asked his son to get us some green peppers and tomatoes out of his garden, gave us a bottle of water each and put a table and a couple of chairs, so we could have a proper breakfast. We then bought two more breads and he got us more tomatoes and peppers...
After breakfast, we continued on a secondary road. We enjoyed the silence without all the cars, the colours of the landscape and the views. We passed Tuzla Gölü, a small salt lake. This time, we caught a panoramic view from above as it's located in between some mountains. But we couldn't cycle on it as the first few meters were too muddy to get on the salty part.
Shortly after the lake, a car stopped. The driver spoke German and was up for a chat. He was currently on holidays in Turkey, but had been living in Munich for the last 30 years. He asked if he could help with anything, but we were all good then.
With the help of the wind, we cycled quickly to Şarkışla, where we wanted to stay for the night. We went to a restaurant next to a public park to have dinner and ask if it's safe to sleep in the park. The owner directly offered us to find a place on the restaurant area. And as it had nice wooden platforms with a roof, we decided to just set up camp on one of them.Baca selengkapnya