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Mai - November 2020
Ein 175-Tage Abenteuer von Herbert & Meike Weiterlesen
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    Head wind cycling

    5. September 2020 in Türkei ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Turkey is really a great country to visit! Although it's dry in this area, there's always something interesting to see. Yesterday, we passed some volcanic area with a colorful soil an volcanic rocks as well as an ancient Greek temple. Today, we passed some old villages in the hills which are characterized by cute little houses built of stones. We also stopped to see Assos, a village located on a hill with a fort and tiny cobblestone streets. Based on the number of stalls selling all kinds of touristic stuff, it seems to be busy in normal years. However, we were pretty much the only ones walking around the streets - and that's on a Saturday.
    Cycling today was very tough though. The road was badly paved, the hills steep and the strong headwinds caused some struggle all day. By about 11 am, it got so strong that we decided to have a heat and wind break. Luckily, we are at the coast, so we stopped at a beach restaurant for fish and an extended swim. We continued around 3pm when the wind had calmed down a little. Some kilometers along the way, we had to leave the small coastal road and get back on the highway. At least, the surface was smooth. But the amount of cars and the headwinds weren't fun at all! We missed the quiet beach and mountain roads of the last few days straight away!
    Around 5pm, we called it a day and stopped at one of the countless beach campgrounds. You can hear the cars from the road, so it's not quiet. But people are nice. The receptionist told everyone about his crazy German cyclist guests. So first, a lady came by to talk to us. She had lived in Germany years ago. Next, one of the people who worked at the beach restaurant here invited us for a tea - and another one... Time to go into the tent before we fall asleep during one of those invites 😉    Weiterlesen

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    100 days Transeurope

    6. September 2020 in Türkei ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    It's been 100 days now, since we started our "Covid-postponed Americas Substitute Trip" how one of our warmshowers host once called our bike tour now.
    We had a short day to Ayvalik where we were going to stay. In Akcay, we stopped for breakfast at the beach, before flying to Ayvalik with strong tailwinds from Eastern directions. This time, we didn't mind the highway as we could go really fast on the smooth surface.
    We liked Ayvalik straight away. It's a good sized town with an old center with tiny streets, markets and stone houses. The harbour is also nice with all the bars and restaurants. It's touristy, but in a good way, mainly Turks and in Corona year only half of the normal amount.
    Tara, an American lady immigrated to Turkey some 30 years ago, welcomed us in her home. She loves animals and has a dog and 9 cats. We spent the afternoon exploring the old town and taking a ferry to the peninsula Cunda which was also really cool. At night, we cooked dinner while Tara introduced us to some good Turkish wines.    Weiterlesen

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    Party boat trip

    7. September 2020 in Türkei ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    To fully enjoy the Turkish coast, we went on a boat trip around the bays and islands of Ayvalik today. We wanted to go on a small boat, but the few ones going out were booked for private groups. So we ended up on a really big one, not particular what we like. The good thing was that there were maybe 45 people on the boat that usually has a capacity for about 300. Meaning we could basically run around and chose and change seats whenever we wanted. The tour itself was better than expected. We stopped at 4 different islands for swimming and they served an all-you-eat fish, pasta and salad lunch which was actually very yummy. All of this cost less than 10€, so we definitely can't complain! The only real downside was crazily loud techno music. For some reason, the dj thought it was a party boat which none of the passengers thought...
    We spent the evening having dinner in Tara's yard again and also enjoyed some interesting discussions about basically anything.    Weiterlesen

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    One year on the bikes

    8. September 2020 in Türkei ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    It's been exactly one year now that we flew to Vancouver in order to cycle South to Patagonia. And now we are in Turkey - definitely not what we expected!
    We had an easy day ahead of us, so we slept in, had breakfast and left Tara's around 9am. The way to Dikili wasn't particularly interesting, rather flat. Most of the time, we had a more or less sandy beach to our right, but with basically no shade, so we didn't stop. We also passed uncountable houses that all looked the same. All holiday or retirement homes and still heaps of construction going on.
    In Dikili, we bought some lunch at a supermarket and when we got out, I realized I had a flat tire. The first on the whole trip! After it was fixed, we looked for a nice beach bar to spend the afternoon. We found one where we could swim and relax until it was time to meet Erdal. We had met him some days ago on the road where he was on a motorbike trip and stopped to talk to us and invite us to his place in Dikili. He and his wife met us at the beach. They brought homebrewed beers and we watched the sunset. Afterwards, we went to their apartment and had an amazing fish dinner. It seemed like they wanted us to gain 3kg within one night, that's how much we had to eat 😉 And of course, we got some Raki with it as well, so we only rolled into bed after finishing everything.    Weiterlesen

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    Eurovelo 8 to Foça

    9. September 2020 in Türkei ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    The day started with a big breakfast, so we were ready for another day on the road. Today, we first had to cycle against crazy head and side winds for about 25km. Then, we had to go on the highway. It was busy, but at least we had mainly tailwinds. Just after Aliaga, there's a huge port for container ships, so the area is pretty ugly, full of industrial buildings and trucks loaded with the goods. As all of this was no fun to ride, we tried to pass it as fast as possible and only stopped for a break when we reached Yenifoça after 70km. The village is beautiful, located in a bay with a beach and an old town center. Interestingly, we saw signs of Eurovelo 8 here, pointing to Foça where we headed next. The route went along a stunning coastline, full of tiny bays with turquoise water. We stopped at one of them for some beach time before continuing to the town center for dinner. Foça seems to be as nice as everyone told us it would be, so we are looking forward to seeing more of it tomorrow morning. For now, we are camping a bit outside of town. It's a popular campspot as it's located on a peninsula from which you can see the sunset on one side and the sun rising above the Foça bay on the other.Weiterlesen

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    The Izmir bypass

    10. September 2020 in Türkei ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    We got up with a nice view of Foça bay. Then we cycled into town to have breakfast. We had heard of a boat going from Foça to Karaburun which we wanted to take. But after talking to many people, it looked like there's a 95% chance the boat had stopped for the season already. Even with the help of some locals we couldn't find an official info, but didn't want to look any longer.
    Instead, we had to go towards Izmir which we wanted to avoid because of the traffic. However, in the end, it wasn't too bad. After a shorter stretch on a less busy main road, we could go on secondary roads and then even on a bike path along the coast with no cars nearby. We even saw lots of flamingos here! When we got closer to the city, we took a ferry to the other side of the bay, from where we continued to Urla. This part wasn't fun as we had to fight headwinds all the time. We were quite tired when we arrived in Urla and decided to stay in a hotel as camping options were rather rare.    Weiterlesen

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    Familiar faces from Moldowa

    11. September 2020 in Türkei ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Today, we started on quiet secondary roads, passed through Urfa with its small market streets and arrived in Sigacik after some 30km. Sigacik is a tourist town, but not too big. It's beautifully located in a bay and the atmosphere was nice, so we had our breakfast on a bench in the harbour. We found a bakery that sold yummy rye bread and had olives with it that we got from Erdal the other day.
    Then we continued on secondary roads until we reached Cumhuriyet where we had to go on the main road again. From here, cycling was a bit of a fight as the road was busy and we basically passed one ugly town after the other. The sea looked awesome though, so we decided to cycle no longer than 1pm and find a campground at the beach. At the campground, we met Alexander and Olga, a couple from Moldova travelling by motorcycle who we had met on another campground further North about a week ago. What a small world! To celebrate, we decided to have a BBQ and Alexander took me on his motorbike to buy some meet from the butcher's in the next town.    Weiterlesen

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    Another beach day

    12. September 2020 in Türkei ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    We continued along the coast to Güzelcamli today. On the way, we came close to Ephesus, one of the 7 wonders of the world. However, we didn't stop as it only opened at 10am and we expected many visitors on a Saturday. The region is quite touristy with those spa&resort hotels and one aqua park after the other.
    We had a longer breakfast stop in Kusadasi though, as we liked the atmosphere of the harbour and treated ourselves with a proper coffee. In Turkey, most people drink black tea and Nescafé or Turkish coffee don't count as decent alternatives for us 😉 Furthermore, we wanted to buy a local SIM card to not be that dependent on wifi spots anymore. However, this is quite complicated without a Turkish ID. Although it's theoretically possible to use a foreign passport for the registration, we tried at 2 shops today and it didn't work for unknown reasons. The system just shows an error message at a certain point in the process.
    The last kilometers to Güzelcamli, we could follow a bike path along the coast. There were many possible free camping options with toilets and showers on the beach as well. However, we had the opportunity to stay Mustafa's for a night. So after some swimming in the afternoon and dinner in the town, we headed to his guesthouse. Mustafa was busy fixing all the bikes of the kids in the neighborhood and seemed to enjoy it a lot.    Weiterlesen

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    Historical sights - more old stones

    13. September 2020 in Türkei ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Our day started with a climb towards Söke. In one of the villages, we saw a family baking bread in a stone oven, so we bought one for our breakfast at a gas station in Söke. Here, we also met Ayhan who had helped us to get in touch with Mustafa the night before. He and his friend Attila went on a bike ride that day and we cycled together for a few kilometers. As we also met a couple of Turkish cyclists, we biked in a group of 6 people for a short time.
    Then we all split. Our route went passed two historical sites. First, we visited the ancient city of Priene. Afterwards, we admired the impressive size of the theatre of Miletos.
    Our destination was Didim where we were going to stay with our host Serkan. Before going to his place, we stopped at a beach at a piknik area. Our table neighbours shared their melon and Börek with us. Obviously, we looked hungry.
    At Serkan's home, we got an odd task at first: His mum is a bit of a messy and had collected A LOT OF stuff over the years. Now, he wanted to reorganize the kitchen and make it very simple and we helped him with this. I guess he didn't knew that we are very pracmatic and are used to a simple life style. So basically, we through out hundreds of old cups and plates and whatever we found unnecessary in the cupboards and only kept a set of each type. Later, Serkan took us to a couple of beaches to swim and watch the sunset before we had a great dinner at a small local place in the market.    Weiterlesen

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    Hot climb

    14. September 2020 in Türkei ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    When we left Didim, Serkan was still asleep, so no photo of our host this time (as we forgot yesterday). But we had some serious climbing ahead of us today, so an early start was necessary! After some kilometres along the bay, we had to cross the mountains to the next bay. Steep climbs, the heat and bad asphalt made it quite tough! On the other side, we had to stop for a cold drink before we could continue. Unfortunately, we had to go on a very busy highway as there was no alternative road in order to head to Bodrum. We ended up in Güvercinlik, a small fishing village in a calm bay. The owner of the campground welcomed us with a cold lemonade and some almonds, the other neighbours brought some sweet Turkish dessert. So we spent the rest of the day swimming, eating and strolling around the harbour before watching the sunset (again).Weiterlesen

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