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Rock-cut Tombs and a Deep Valley
... picked up by waiting cars and quickly dispersed. This left the two of us along with a young Chinese woman (Kim) who we had met on our trip to Sumela (in Trabzon) and had travelled with us on the same bus, wondering what to do. We found a dark waiting area and settled down on the iron seats to wait for daybreak.
It was a cold morning and soon enough impatience got the better of us. A quick tour of the Otogar revealed a few waiting taxis just outside the ...
Samsun to Istanbul
... Turkish words we had learned in our short trip - the words for thank you / How much? / slow / stop / water / Do you speak English? / anice-based alcohol / meatballs / tea / yogurt / etc. It's amazing how fast you can learn when you are forced to. We also thought back over the friendly people we had met, who were so patient with our poor Turkish and accommodating with our hand gestures.
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From Amasya to Samsun
The next morning, after a late start, we were on the road again for the last leg of our Black Sea tour, a 80km drive back to Samsun, on the coast. We were also pleasantly surprised with Samsun, which had a wide boardwalk along the sea and a thriving marker nearby, where I bought a ...
Samsun to Trabzon
... shape, etc. I thought about some of the multinational companies but they don’t all service the Black Sea cities. In the end, I did go with Economy Car Rentals.
We flew into Samsun in the morning and my receipt said the car would be ready for pickup at the airport. When we exited the terminal, there was no car waiting for us. There were some rental offices but none for our company. ...
Wet wet wet riding solo solo
... station I stop at and the garage I take my bike to. I stop 3 times on the 750km ride to Samsun. The first stop, I get dragged to a boiler room and given tea to dry and warm up. The boss of the petrol station isnt aware Im in the boiler room and is somewhat surprised to find me in there. I get given more tea and get out my maps. Pictures are becoming good props for the constant charades involved in not speaking the language.
Second ...