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A QUIET LITTLE HARBOUR
Sleep was better but still up c 0520 for the web and emails. Sorting out roughly where the Side Hotel was [being an Istanbul vet and all], I took a quick walk back up between the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque and beyond, finding it on the second attempt.
More selections at the Gulhane Park Hotel brekkie buffet, sitting with Lyn and Dar, two Aussie gals traveling together. Sharif nowhere in sight re scheduled 0800 departure but away in our ...
The Bosphorus to Amasra
... Then we were off to Akcakoca. Motored in the morning, a bit of sailing in the light breeze in the afternoon. We were welcomed by a local fish restaurant owner as we tied stern into the quay between 2 fishing boats. He made sure we didn’t get to close to the quay due to the water depth and then insisted we off centre so we could go ashore via one of the fishing boats. His lovely wife then bought us each some cay (Turkish tea) ...
Black Sea Pearl
... the Black Sea fron Istanbul (which is 6 hrs away by road). A long history, of course. The Phoenicians were here, then Greek colonists, Romans who morphed into Byzantines; the Genovese had a trading post here for a couple of hundred years; the Ottomans came under Mehmet the Conqueror in1460 but they preferred to develop the ports further east......
Hotel had a rooftop venue for b'fast with a commanding view of the old core of the town.
Morning walk to the citadel thru a ...
Çay - Ilgın
... ch mır morgen fuer 1-2 Euro ırgendwo besorgen.
Ich befınde mıch wohl seıt 4 Tagen ın eıner sehr ıslamıschen Gegend. Ich bekomme meın Feıerabendbıer nıcht mehr. Ausserdem ıst hıer dıe Vermummung der Frauen fast 100 %. Dazu werden bunte Pumphosen getragen.
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Taken in by petrol workers
... we exchanged bashful comments. Apparently İ am the next heir to the boss here. İf İ come back to Turkey İ can run the petrol station!
We messed around for hours and İ almost suffocated on my own tongue when each of the workers in turn tried to ride my bike. My intentions to make more progress today gradually dissipated and İ decided to stay here. İ even found a place to stay tomorrow.
Turkey is amazing.
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