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Crossing to Asia for Stage 2, 15 Sept 14
Crossing to Asia for Stage 2, 15 Sept 14
Crossing to Asia for Stage 2, 15 Sept 14
Getting out of the big city, 15 Sept 14
Polonezkoy campsite, overnight 15-16 Sept 14
Ethem leaves us nr Kefken , 17 Sept 14
17 Sept 14
Ideal
Ethem and Lobby doublecheck the onward route, 17 Sept 14
17 Sept 14
Open road and wild dogs, 17 Sept 14
17 Sept 14
Aqua Park Otel for sheep, 17 Sept 14
Aqua Park Otel for sheep, 17 Sept 14
Google translator to pass time in downpour, 17 Sept 14
Painting to mark manhole, 17 Sept 14
Romantic meal in Karasu building site, 17 Sept 14
Romantic meal in Karasu building site, 17 Sept 14
Packing up in Karasu building site, 18 Sept 14
The Karasu barricade
Interest at breakfast in Karasu, 18 Sept 14
Mehmet teaching us Okey in Alapli, 18 Sept 14
Alapli, 18 Sept 14
The midnight shift
The morning shift, 19 Sept 14
Uphill slog in British weather, 19 Sept 14
Snack stop, 19 Sept 14
19 Sept 14
Cay in a coal warehouse near Zonguldak, 19 Sept 14
Camping behind first and only petrol station nr Zonguldak, overnight 19-20 Sept 14
Melemen (tomato and egg) breakfast, 20 Sept 14
Heavy traffic day, 20 Sept 14
20 Sept 14
Cay at koftebus stop, 20 Sept 14
20 Sept 14
Turkey’s Venice, 20 Sept 14
First real hills, 20 Sept 14
Village we stayed in on 20 Sept 14
England-Turkey Okey game, 20 Sept 14
England-Turkey Okey game, 20 Sept 14
England-Turkey Okey scoresheet, 20 Sept 14
Sleeping spot
Setting off with the sun, 21 Sept 14
21 Sept 14
21 Sept 14
21 Sept 14
Mirror view, 21 Sept 14
Safranbolu old town, 21 Sept 14
Another restaurant sleeping spot, 22 Sept 14
Mosques in all shapes and colours, 22 Sept 14
Baby steps – first time at 1000m altitude, 22 Sept 14
23 Sept 14
23 Sept 14
23 Sept 14
Climb across mountains to the coast, 23 Sept 14
Across mountains to the coast, 23 Sept 14
Bike inspection, 23 Sept 14
Lunchtime interview in Hanonu for the local news, 23 Sept 14
23 Sept 14
Pronounce this please! 23 Sept 14
23 Sept 14
23 Sept 14
Camping in the tup field, 23 Sept 14
Survived the tups! 24 Sept 14
Beginning of the climb, 24 Sept 14
24 Sept 14
24 Sept 14
Back to the coast, 24 Sept 14
Being hosted in Gerze, 24 Sept 14
Camping in his garden, overnight 24-25 Sept 14
Our host’s van
His view, 25 Sept 14
and his football team, Galatasaray
Bike issues, 25 Sept 14
Breakfast spread, 25 Sept 14
Roadside cay, 25 Sept 14
25 Sept 14
Petrol station cay in Bafra, 25 Sept 14
25 Sept 14
DIY shop cay in Bafra, 25 Sept 14
DIY shop present, 25 Sept 14
Turkish directions, 25 Sept 14
Sign language, 25 Sept 14
26 Sept 14
Morning tea house in Tutunculer, 26 Sept 14
Helpful map of the region, 26 Sept 14
Bikes at the orthodontist in Ondokuzmayis, 26 Sept 14
Ondokuzmayis, 26 Sept 14
Bikes at the orthodontist in Ondokuzmayis, 26 Sept 14
More roadside cay, 26 Sept 14
27 Sept 14
Breakfast at a baker’s in Tekkekoy, 27 Sept 14
The baker, 27 Sept 14
Colour scheme, 27 Sept 14
Kids at lunch, in Terme 27 Sept 14
Pide in Terme, 27 Sept 14
27 Sept 14
Turkish wedding, 27 Sept 14
Turkish fans, 27 Feb 14
Black Sea camp spot, 28 Sept 14
Rougher than the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, 28 Sept 14
Tan lines, 28 Sept 14
28 Sept 14
Lunch on the go, 28 Sept 14
Lunch on the go, 28 Sept 14
anti-sugar ad for all the Turkish tea, 28 Sept 14
Our amazing WarmShowers hosts in Ordu, Serdal and Ayce, 28 Sept 14
With Ayce in Ordu, 28 Sept 14
Our stuff expanding, 29 Sept 14
Outside Giresun, 29 Sept 14
29 Sept 14
29 Sept 14
Fantastic chef at lunch in Giresun, 29 Sept 14
Giresun bike shop, 29 Sept 14
29 Sept 14
Hazelnuts in Gulburnu, 29 Sept 14
Waking up above a truck stop restaurant in Giresun, 30 Sept 14
30 Sept 14
Breakfast cay in Espiye, 30 Sept 14
Turkish cyclist on 6 month tour of Turkey, 30 Sept 14
Eynesil – a typical Black Sea town, 30 Sept 14
Hotel Besst, 30 Sept 14
Advertising ourselves with the Army, 30 Sept 14
into Trabzon, 30 Sept 14
Our amazing WarmShowers host Ahmet, in Trabzon, 30 Sept 14
Denied Iranian visa -re-planning our route, 1 Oct 14
Trabzon, 1 Oct 14
Trabzon, 1 Oct 14
Family by Ayasofia, 1 Oct 14
Towards the Black Sea, 1 Oct 14
Ayasofia, 1 Oct 14
Naughty shop (for alcohol – no advertising allowed), 1 Oct 14
1 Oct 2014
1 Oct 2014
Trabzon, 1 Oct 14
Plugging in for instant wifi, 1 Oct 14
Hamam in Trabzon, 1 Oct 14
Hamam in Trabzon, 1 Oct 14
Hamam in Trabzon, 1 Oct 14
Hamam in Trabzon, 1 Oct 14
Hamam in Trabzon, 1 Oct 14
Meydan main square, Trabzon, 1 Oct 14
Trabzon sunset, 1 Oct 14
Trabzon, 1 Oct 14
Trabzon, 1 Oct 14
With our host Ahmet, Trabzon, 1Oct 14
Trabzon, 1 Oct 14
Trabzon Hollywood sign, 1 Oct 14
Trabzon Hollywood sign, 1 Oct 14
Bus station, Trabzon, 2 Oct 14
Trabzon, 2 Oct 14
Sumela Monastery, 2 Oct 14
Sumela Monastery, 2 Oct 14
At the Sumela Monastery, 2 Oct 14
Sumela Monastery, 2 Oct 14
Sumela Monastery guard, 2 Oct 14
Sumela Monastery, 2 Oct 14
Sumela Monastery, 2 Oct 14
Sumela Monastery, 2 Oct 14
Graffiti from 1875 at the Sumela Monastery, 2 Oct 14
Sumela Monastery, 2 Oct 14
Not what you think! – actually a wedding salon, 2 Oct 14
The town of Of, on our way to Rize, 3 Oct 14
Cow ready for Kurban Bayrami sacrifice, 3 Oct 14
3 Oct 14
Tea plantations of Rize, 3 Oct 14
3 Oct 14
3 Oct 14
3 Oct 14
3 Oct 14
Lahmacun, meat on thin bread, 4 Oct 14
Our standard lunch, Tavuk sis, 4 Oct 14
Sorting Kurban Bayrami sacrifice meat, 4 Oct 14
More tea on Kurban Bayrami, 4 Oct 14
With French tourers we met en route, 4 Oct 14
All opportunities taken to advertise, 4 Oct 14
Black Sea camp spot, 5 Oct 14
Black Sea camp spot, 5 Oct 14
Last Turkish cay, 5 Oct 14
Last Turkish cay, 5 Oct 14
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