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    • Day 234

      D915 - "D" as in death road

      October 30, 2019 in Turkey ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      It seems if you’re trying to find a nice road that is worth driving it in a Troopcarrier from now on we have to look for roads whose descriptions online include “death”. The D915 seems to be one of the few wild roads in Turkey. Maybe the only one. It was recommended to us by other Overlanders so we put it on our To-Drive-List straight away.
      The drive starts at the Black Sea heading South towards Bayburt. At first the road takes us through tiny mountain villages, built in such steep terrain that the hairpins that lead us through the towns already feel exciting.
      Once out of the villages the valley becomes tighter and finally closes. This is where the real climb begins. I think it’s good that you can’t really see the road from the bottom. Otherwise it might have been to intimidating. It must be the tightest switchbacks we have done so far.
      I even had to reverse a few times to get around the corners (which might also be a testament to my limited driving abilities).
      While the valley behind us is covered in clouds once we reach the top the landscape on the other side of the pass is reward enough for driving up there. The scarcely vegetated hills remind us somewhat of Scotland’s wild north. Here the dirt road ends and we are back on bitumen.
      We find a lovely camp spot with plenty of firewood a few kilometres further down the road and let the Mullah serenade us into our so far coldest night (-7C at 6am).

      Off to a great start Turkey!
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