Karabuk

Cycling from Istanbul to Tbilisi.

2009 is a big year for Dave and I, we are getting married in October, but first we are setting out on an 11 week adventure. We begin with friends in Namibia and will be exploring wildlife reserves and national parks for 2 weeks before touring around Cape ...

Here we go again on another adventure! Join us on a regular basis to hear about our tales through Amsterdam, Germany, Turkey, Jordan, Syria and Morocco!

My first night 'roughing it', well on this trip anyway, was spent in a farmer's field.  I met the farmer, Cengiz, and he was happy for me to camp and we had a nice chat about our different lifestyles. Stopped for a relaxing lunch of bread, tomatoes, ...

... £45) later and I was on my way with a warning of another one ahead so I very carefully drove the last few kilometers into Karabuk at a sedate speed. Karabuk seemed like Sheffield in the 1970's, still plugging away with it's big industry and pumping vast ...