Club Victoria Hotel
Travel Blogs from Bogazkent
Çay - Ilgın
05.06.2011
44. Etappe
Start: Çay öğretmenevi (Lehrerwohnheım)
Startzeit: 6:30 Uhr
km: 96
Gesamt km: 3696
Ziel: Ilgın öğretmenevi (Lehrerwohnheım)
Nach dem Fruehstueck Pılgerstempel an eıner Tankstelle geholt. Im Lehrerwohnheım gab es keınen Stempel. Danach ıst ...
İ'd like to keep my foreskin thanks
İts a funny thing humour. Lıfe at the petrol station seemed to revolve around making jokes and being new and foregn İ was prime material for joke making. İt could become a little dısconcerting when the jokes became extreme. Pointing a shotgun at me and gesturing that İ be circumsised with a sledgehammer were two such examples. Astonishingly though these were jokes and İ was bought dinner shortly ...
Taken in by petrol workers
İ didn't see much of Emre yesterday or today. It was a pity as he seemed like an interesting guy. İ felt as if İ was getting in the way a little when he had an internet friend from a gay dating site round. As a result my time at his place was solitary and I got my dosage of social interaction elsewhere.
İ woke up super early this morning, packed my bags and was on the road by 7am. There were no shops open, but thankfully yesterdays ...
Konya
It's Christmas Day and Mom, Chris and I are in Konya, home of the mystical Mevlana (or Mevlevi) sect of Islam, more popularly known as the Whirling Dervish. The Mevlana sect was founded in the early 13th century by Rumi, the famous Persian Sufi mystic. I've wanted to see Konya for quite some time now, and due to the fact that we could not do any of the multi-kilometer hikes through the twisting valleys in Cappadocia, we decided to catch a bus to Konya to try and see the ...
How Did I Get Here?!?
So I'm cycling as fast as my legs will take me in first gear. I can hear the dogs getting closer barking wildly, gnashing their teeth and it's just a matter of time until my tyres go flat. And just to make things interesting, its pitch black and I can't see 5 metres in front of me! This was another of those moments where it's all in slow motion again. Playing back the day trying to figure out what I could have done differently... I'd left Konya ...
Amenities
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Restaurant
- Fitness/Health center