Novotel Trabzon

... reformátora). Turkům asi nepřipadá směšná taneční show, kde mají mladí kluci před obličejem přichycené foto Atatürkova obličeje gumičkou. Nám připadá a velmi. Ovšem zároveň jsme zírali, že na hudebním kanále mohla jet jakási parodie na uctívání zakladatele moderního Turecka. Parta mladých zpěváků jak ze Superstar tam zpívala (asi ...

... anglické konverzace přešlo v rozpačitost, když se z Američana vyklubal člověk stíhaný konspiračními teoriemi. Naštěstí neměli stejnou cestu. Naskočili jsme do autobusu, který popojel pár metrů do vesnice vedle a tady naložil tři lidi a asi 15 pytlů různého ovoce a zeleniny, takže se z autobusu stal částečně náklaďák.
Cesta do Rize utekla jak nic a ...

... some çay (turkısh tea). He's been ın Turkey for 2 weeks and taught me some useful turkısh words and also what to expect at my next stop ın Erzrurum. He was settıng off early the next day westward down the coast so we saıd our goodbyes and went back to our hotel at around 9pm.

3 Oct
Today ıs my plan was just to walk around Trabzon. I plotted a route to Aya Sophıa Musuem that ıs about 4km to the west ...

Elk zıjnen dag!
Ik ga hier proberen geregeld een woordeke te placeren over onze avonturen op reıs.
Vandaag zıjn Jelle (carcan) en mezelf Bert (mensaert) vanuıt brussel vertrokken naar Trabzon vıa Istanbul. Tegen 23u en na een goeıe 12 uur reızen hadden we ıntrek genomen ın ons hotel (Nur).
Uıtgehongerd als we waren zıjn we terechtgekomen ın de `gıtgıt chıcken`. Daar ...

... to people in their shops, the top covered to keep them warm during the journey. Many of these dishes were found in Central Asia, but in Turkey, they seem to reach the apex of perfection. No matter how you look at it, the Turkish Central Asian states look west towards Turkey for their food and entertainment, it seems (except maybe Xinjiang which is isolated in China but is still full of Turkish Uighurs), all of whom made their way at one time or another from the northern ...

... me now' Rather rude I thought consýderýng I had everythýng covered befor he came along and pretended to be helpýng me. I trýed to fob hým off wýth a Lýra coýn and when he asked for more was when I told hým to get lost. Thýs sly breed of cýty dwellýng turk seem to have refýned dýfferent processes of takýng tourýsts money off them. Nothýng has a prýce, everythýng ýs open to 'hagglýng', whých I'm totally cool wýth but when they pretend to help you then demand money for ýt, they ...

... of the Ottoman empýre have trod fýlls us wýth a sense of awe. Istanbul should be on the travel agendas of everyone. Spent one of our days cruýsýng from the sea of Marmara up the Bousphorus straýts to the Black sea. The Bousphorus beýng about a kýlometer wýde ýs a very hectýc shýppýng channel movýng the goods to and fro from the ports of the world výa the Medýteraýnýan and the ýnterýor of the many of the slavýc countrýes. The poýnt that set ...

... that I will not be fasting. I had my usual breakfast for one. This time an audience didn't join me. Then I went outside to listen to people talk. And they said too bad I don't speak Turkish. And then we left. We went to Nunu's father's village. We paid our respects to his grave. Nunu and his brother went to Friday prayer. I watched some chickens climb around a bush and figure that if they slide down the hill they can get to more of whatever berry they were ...

Magical last night in Trabzon. Found a local establishment with a great tower of beer - much more sexy than a pitcher of beer. A local we befriended when we arrived wanted to celebrate our friendship and upcoming departure and invited us to the rooftop of our hotel to drink raki, eat mezes (tapas), and talk politics. An ...

... unacceptably close to them. Let's just say Rexona Sport isn't high on their priority list at the local Migros Supermarket. Nor is a decent mouthwash or toothpaste for that matter. Trabzon looks out over the Black Sea, across to the Ukraine (if you could actually see that far). The humidity is quite intense compared to the drier climates south of the Kackers. (note, no 'N') Bereft of decent cheap accommodation, I am stuck in the mid-range category from my travel ...