before i went to göreme i was invited by onur over couchsurfing. as my train was not before 2 in the morning i was more than happy to accept his invitation. after traveling back from göreme i first pickep up my camera which was repaired for only 70 lira (a bit more than 30 euros). first… Continue reading couchsurfing in kayseri
Category: people
göreme
it was a beautiful ride until 2okm before göreme. after a turnoff heavy head and side winds kicked in and sometimes i head to get off the bike. fighting against the wind not wanting to camp that night, a passing busdriver took pity on me and got me through the worst til ürgüp. it was… Continue reading göreme
antalya
in antalya i first tried to get my camera fixed. i received mail from panasonic with inforamtion on service points and hoped that it was not a total loss. but both shops told me a price of 400 lira which is as much as i payed for the camera. i postponed the repair and went to… Continue reading antalya
what to do when it rains
it started to rain before i found a place for the night. i was just passing a store with a roofed terrace where some guys were about to grill. i joined them and as the rain was pouring down next to us we had grilled meat (grilled cheese for me) with bread, tomatoes, cucumber, pepperoni and… Continue reading what to do when it rains
perrad
soon after fethiye i met nicole and jörg, a swiss-german couple since 17 month on the road from asia. it was wonderful to listen to their stories and still makes me smile when i think about what lies ahead of me. they will spend the winter in egypt before turning to a more direct route homewards.… Continue reading perrad
izmir
i didn’t know much about izmir and wasn’t sure if i wanted to stay. as i was almost pedaling out of the city i met ben and caro. a couple from france on a one year trip to kathmandu. here together with their tandem… they were coming from cesme and told me that it was… Continue reading izmir
demirci
…i found someone to translate the phonecall. i just got myself breakfast as a man approached me asking where i’m from. the rest of the conversation went on in german since he lived in germany for quite some time. i was invited for tea while the phonecall was made. everything fine. host awaits me. i… Continue reading demirci
blog feature
here is the blog from achmed gabler whom i met cycling on kafellonia just before his trip was about to end. you can find some words about our meeting in his 2009 journal about greece on day 20. glad to read you made it home safely… see you next year somewhere down the road!
the leaving of istanbul
i have posted some stories from the road but rarely wrote about how i feel. there’s a wonderful post on www.pathlesspedaled.com that describes one of the social aspects of traveling you encounter when leaving a place and people that were a temporary home. i took the ferry to yalova and followed the coastline when a… Continue reading the leaving of istanbul
hostel life
in the evening we cooked a few times and enjoyed the view from the terrace during dinner. these are johannes from berlin and paul from birmingham in the tiny kitchen. afterwards we took the metro to taksim. after finding a bar offering to smoke a shisha we found a brilliant bar in a small alley.… Continue reading hostel life