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Rock-cut Tombs and a Deep Valley
... to question or argue about it, we paid up without a fuss and got out.
Once at the door of the hotel, waking up the manager on duty turned out to be a bigger challenge. It took several minutes of ringing the door bell and knocking on the glass door to shake him out of his slumber. Disoriented and still half asleep, he delivered the bad news. The room rate was way higher than we had anticipated and more that what we were willing to pay. We had seen ...
Samsun to Istanbul
... Turkish words we had learned in our short trip - the words for thank you / How much? / slow / stop / water / Do you speak English? / anice-based alcohol / meatballs / tea / yogurt / etc. It's amazing how fast you can learn when you are forced to. We also thought back over the friendly people we had met, who were so patient with our poor Turkish and accommodating with our hand gestures.
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From Amasya to Samsun
... nargila) and all the accessories for a bargain. Supper was barbequed fish on skewers with the ubiquitous salad of tomatoes, cucumber and onion and standard basket of delicious bread. We stayed at the very clean and spacious Samsun Park Hotel - $62 – a great deal.
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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 ...