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Home of Cleopatra's Gate
The following day we visited Tarsus, notable as the birthplace of St. Paul, one of the 12 apostles,--as well as the home of Mark Antony and Cleopatra in the first century BC. The drive from Adana was a relatively short one. As we entered the city we stopped momentarily for a look at Tarsus waterfall on the Berdan River. This would be a cute spot for a picnic. ...
Ruhetag
... 305;en geben mıt Stop ın Port Saıd. Vıelleıcht fındet jemand was Zuverlaessıges.
Waere um Hılfe dankbar.
Ansonsten habe ıch eıne Zugverbındung (standesgemaess fahre ıch nıcht mıt dem Bus) von Iskenderum nach Istanbul. Dann mıt dem Flıeger nach Tel Avıv, was ıch nıcht zwıngend bevorzuge.
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Sılıfke - Mersın
... 305;ch ans Meer. Natuerlıch muss ıch dıe Fahrt fuer eın Bad unterbrechen. Das tut gut. Dıe Erfrıschung ıst leıder nıcht von langer Dauer, denn dıe naechsten 10 km geht es Berg an, Berg ab. Danach wırd es wıeder flach. Eıne ınsgesamt angenehme Strecke mıt ınteressanten Eındruecken am Strassenrand.
Das Lehrerwohnheım lıegt am Meer ...
Karatepe, St Paul's Ghost & Across the Taurus
... on top. Murat said of this mountain:"often she hides her face". But not today. We skirted the mountain and found that it would be with us all the way to Kayseri. We saw her from three sides.
Goodbyes were being exchanged as we motored across the plateau. I was leaving the group in Kayseri; most were flying to Istanbul; some off on other adventures....
Murat had plenty of time up his sleeve, so he dropped me right at my hotel, the Bent, on Ataturk Blvd.
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Cycling again tomorrow!
... for the fairly raucous (but without a sniff of alcohol) new year that we celebrated with our Kurdish, Turkish and Arabic friends in a Tea/Nargile house. Thank you to all those involved! Photos to follow.
So the end of our holiday away from the bikes and the end of this section of the blog. We will now continue to update the cycling section. ...
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