| Turkey | |
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Capital: Ankara Population: 77,804'122 Mio. Area: 814,578 km² People: Turks, 20% Kurds and Araber, Griechen and Armenier Languages: Turkish |
Route cycled:
Istanbul - Bazargan / 1,495 km
| 2012 | Stage / Destination |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06.04. | Istanbul - Mudanya | 15 |
266 |
0000 |
01:37 |
 |
21 |
Crossing by ferry |
| 07.04. | Soeloez | 64 |
712 |
04:48 |
 |
19 |
Steep climb |
|
| 08.04. | Cerclesi | 48 |
520 |
03:26 |
 |
33 |
Hot, olive groves |
|
| 09.04. | Soguksu Koeyue | 54 |
950 |
1396 |
04:37 |
 |
09 |
Lots of climbing and rain |
| 10.04. | Cayrhan | 67 |
1291 |
06:19 |
|
09 |
Storm, heavy rain, lightning, camping in a farm shed | |
| 11.04. | Ankara | 74 |
868 |
06:13 |
 |
12 |
Rain showers, part of the way by truck | |
| 12.-16. | Ankara | 0 |
|
21 |
Getting visas | |||
| 18.04. | Bogazkale | 37 |
440 |
1183 |
3:30 |
|
17 |
Brutal headwind, bus transfer |
| 19.04. | Yozgat | 52 |
1444 |
1396 |
5:45 |
|
7 |
Headwind, thunderstorm, hail |
| 20.04. | Kalaba | 75 |
786 |
1332 |
5:19 |
|
28 |
Overcast, sunny, headwind, Claudia has a cold |
| 21.04. | Goereme | 41 |
680 |
1083 |
3:30 |
|
26 |
Sunny, strong headwind |
| 22.-24. | Goereme | 13 |
80 |
1:50 |
|
20 |
Trips to Zelve, the Ihlara Valley, Uçhisar, Derinkuyu | |
| 25.04. | Kayseri | 77 |
680 |
1053 |
4:45 |
|
26 |
Hot, sunny |
| 26.04. | Kayseri | 0 |
|
Bike service, sightseeing | ||||
| 27.04. | Bunyan | 71 |
873 |
1415 |
5:32 |
|
30 |
Sleeping in the "police garden" |
| 28.04. | Malatya | 70 |
700 |
1600 |
4:38 |
|
34 |
100 km by bus, Pınarbaşı-Malatya |
| 29.-30. | Malatya | 0 |
|
Claudia in hospital, bed rest | ||||
| 01.05. | Suergue | 70 |
1003 |
1376 |
5:10 |
|
34 |
Invitation to a fish dinner |
| 02.05. | Adijaman | 77 |
1245 |
1473 |
6:35 |
|
28 |
Visiting Perre |
| 03.05. | Kahta | 35 |
454 |
728 |
2:20 |
|
32 |
Trip to Nemrut Dağı, disastrous weather |
| 04.05. | Siverek | 98 |
1610 |
868 |
7:30 |
|
28 |
Ferry over Iskender, 90 km bus transfer Siverek-Diyarbakır |
| 05.-06. | Diyarbakir | 0 |
|
Claudia at the doctor's with a cold | ||||
| 06.05. | Bagdere | 45 |
707 |
770 |
3:30 |
 |
34 |
Heat, hail, rain and storm |
| 07.05. | Tatvan | 60 |
968 |
1663 |
4:20 |
|
24 |
A truck gives us a lift to Tatvan |
| 08.05. | Geves | 65 |
852 |
1979 |
4:37 |
|
13 |
Rain, hail, we get a lift over the pass |
| 09.05. | Van | 70 |
499 |
1748 |
4:48 |
|
20 |
Wanted to visit Akdamar, no season - no ferry |
| 10.05. | Van | 0 |
|
Visit to Akdamar and Van Fortress with a tour group | ||||
| 11.05. | Muradiye | 92 |
929 |
1801 |
5:35 |
|
25 |
Waterfall |
| 12.05. | Dogubayazit | 91 |
1308 |
2602 |
7:00 |
|
22 |
Hardest day, Tendürek Geçidi 2,602 m, rain+storm |
| 13.-14. | Dogubayazit | 0 |
|
Shak Pasa Sarayi | ||||
| 15.05. | Kapikoy | 41 |
318 |
2:00 |
 |
Border with Iran | ||
| Total Turkey | 1500 |
19,338 |
100:34 |
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