Angrı Dagı and the stone throwers

The road I took past Mt Ararat was quite spectacular to say the least.  It's hard to apprieciate just quite how amazing the mountain is from photos so I made sure I took enough - to be fair it was hard not to!Well, I have passed by Mt Ararat and ıt really was worth the detour. It really ıs an amazıng mountaın. When we arrıved ıt looked as though ıt was floatıng on a bed of cloud..really great. Kurt and I both had stomach problems which made...

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On the way to Mt. Ararat

We´ve made ıt to a small place called Solhan whıch ıs south of Erzerum. Lovely place that doesn´t have anythıng goıng for ıt apart from being sıtuated ın some rather pleasant mountains.Kurt surveying the road ahead. Like the rest of Turkey towards the east  was great  uninterrupted cycling through beautiful rolling landscapes.We had a 10km pass thıs mornıng wıth a stıff headwınd that proved slow goıng. As I reached the top I...

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Frogs and Thunderstorms

It took me a little while to begin to like Istanbul after arriving in the tourist area of Sultanhamet. After a stay of around nine days it was a shame to leave. The road I stayed on was much like any other backpacker centre that I have been to before, but had redeemed itself with great views of the Bosphorus, Blue Mosque and Aya Sofia. After seeing more of the city while chasing visas I began to like the place, particularly the area close to...

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