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Rock-cut Tombs and a Deep Valley
Our arrival into Amasya was unexpectedly bumpy. The overnight bus from Trabzon was scheduled to reach Amasya at 6:00 a.m. in the morning, but arrived a full hour ahead of time and deposited us in the city's main Otogar (bus station) about 3 kms away from the city center. As one might expect, the city was still asleep and the dolmus service (minibuses that form the core of the public transport system) had not started for the day. The few others who disembarked with ...
Samsun to Istanbul
The next morning found us returning the rental car – with the "Gas needed" symbol showing on the dashboard – to the drop off place. Not really surprisingly, the place was locked, there was no one to be found and we had 10 minutes to catch our flight back to Istanbul. We parked the
car as close to the office as possible, left the keys ...
Samsun to Trabzon
... do before the GPS?
In Turkey, the rental cars are delivered with no gas in the tank so our first stop was the nearest gas station. Our car was the most basic model but it still cost 220 TL ($120 US) to fill up!
Ouch! But do you know - that tank of gas lasted for the entire trip – more than 1000km!
The first day was 300km to Trabzon. The road was mostly highway along the coast. ...
Wet wet wet riding solo solo
Really hard day. Yawning for the first 3 hours I'm soon awake as it rains. Not normal rain; but instead very wet rain and contant wetness. It forms a puddle between my legs and really isnt fun. The roads are pot holed and we seem to have inverted pot holes. Large sections are missing and turn to dirt track, which in the rain with a steamed up visor is a challenge.
Over the last 4 months my interaction with locals is largely dependant on ...
Merzifon - Samsun (100km)
David and I parted in rain that had started just after we broke camp. It continued until I reached Havza at about 11am. I ducked into a lokanta for an Iskembe soup followed by Kuru Fasulye (Baked Beans) with a mountain of bread. It costs about 7TL.
The rain had stopped when I left and I climbed steadily up to 900m before sailing down into Kavak for another meal. This time I had Paça ...
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