Day 139: Minibus station (to Daday)
22 Nisan 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
The reason why we came to Kastamonu is to visit the Mahmut Bey Mosque, the group of 5 wooden mosques that became UNESCO World Heritage, this is one of them. We found this minibus station with minibusOkumaya devam et
Day 139: Walk to Kasaba
22 Nisan 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
We took a minibus from the Kastamonu city center to Kasaba, a small village. Then, do a 3 km walk hoping to visit another wooden mosque.
Day 139: Mahmut Bey Mosque
22 Nisan 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
After a 3km walk, here we go! It is another wooden mosque without nails. We like the fact that it was so quiet and peaceful. We met some good friends from Greece there too!
Day 139: back to Kasatmonu city centre
22–24 Nis 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Day 141: Leaving Kastamonu
24 Nisan 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
After a few days in Kastamonu, it’s time to
move on to a long bus ride
Day 141: Arriving Sinop
24 Nisan 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
After 8 hours of bus ride, Sinop we came! It is a city close to the water.
Day 142: Walk around Sinop
25–27 Nis 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
📍Sinop Prison
📍Sinop Castles
📍Sinop Promenade
📍Diogenes statue (a man and a dog)
Day 144: Sinop bus terminal
27 Nisan 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Taking the bus from Sinop to Bafra
Day 144: Bafra
27 Nisan 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Arrived at Bafra Minibus station, hope to find a minbus closer to Kizilirmak Delta, but local said there is nothing. A gentleman directed us to take a collective van to the road leading to KizilirmakOkumaya devam et
Day 144: on our way to Kizilirmak Delta
27 Nisan 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Originally we planned to walk, but a gentleman on a motorbike insisted to take us there. He even called a friend with another bike to take the 2 of us. What a journey!
Day 144: Kizilirmak Delta
27 Nisan 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
A very nice place for bird watching and into the nature. We walked the whole park and get a closer distance to the black sea!
Day 144: leaving Kizilirmak Delta
27 Nisan 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We walked to the other end of the visitor center and hitch hiked with a family in car
Day 144: 19 Maiys
27 Nisan 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We ended up in a town called 19 Maiys. From here we found our way back to Sinop.
Day 144: back to Sinop
27 Nisan 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Back to Sinop!
Day 145: arriving at Tokat
28 Nisan 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Another 8 hours bus ride, we headed to Tokat!
Day 148: Niksar Letlekli Bridge
1 Mayıs 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
A day in Niksar started with Letlekli Bridge, a very centrally located bridge.
Day 148: YAGIBASAN MEDRESESI
1 Mayıs 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
It was one of Anatolia’s first open-domed medreses.
Day 148: Niksar Castle
1 Mayıs 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Just next to the medresesi was the castle that you can enjoy a full view of Niksar
Day 148: back to Tokat bus terminal
1 Mayıs 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Minibus took us from Niksar back to Tokat
Day 149: Walk around Tokat City Center
2 Mayıs 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A short walk around the city
Day 150: Tokat Bus Terminal
3 Mayıs 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
We found our way to the Ballica Cave Park today, first we have to take the minibus to Pazar from the Bus Terminal.
Day 150: Pazar
3 Mayıs 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Pazar is the gateway to Ballica Cave if you do not have a car. It is a 3-4km walk up hill.
Day 150: Ballica Cave Park
3 Mayıs 2024, Türkiye ⋅ 🌩️ 12 °C
It is a fosil cave with length 68m. Entrance fee is 60TL, we spent almost 2 hours exploring inside this quiet cave. You can hear the water dripping sound inside.
Day 150: Back to Pazar
3 Mayıs 2024, Türkiye ⋅ 🌩️ 15 °C
We got a free ride from the cave back to Pazar.
Day 152: Tokat Bus Terminal
5 Mayıs 2024, Türkiye ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
We took a bus to Sivas for a day trip. It took around 2.5 hours to reach Sivas.