Posted by on 4. Juli 2016

Somewhere near Ayancik we met a photographer and he took this picture of us.

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The new highway in Gerze.

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In Gerze we stayed at Elifs and Yalcins almost 100 years old mansion. Yalcin doesn’t like photos, so his best friend is on the picture.

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Prepairing with reflective vest and extra light in front of one of the tunnels.

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One of our gas station brakes. 😉

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Short before Samsun we met this guy from Hong Kong, he started nine months ago and wants to cycle to Barcelona.

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Sunset in Samsun.

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Our two hosts in Samsun.

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Very nice bread in a very nice bakery, but sadly just beside the autobahn.

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The cycling these days was actually really bad, because their is only one road and no alternative. And this road is a big highway with a lot of traffic. Sadly it stays like this until Batumi in Georgia.

But we met a lot of nice people. Hitchhikers from German on their way to Georgia.

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Eating some cherries.

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Lizards. 🙂

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Sorry the picture is bad, but these three guys escorted us to their homes in Perşembe. We were really lucky, because there was a big storm at night.

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Happy to meet other cyclists. Nico and Rachel from England on their honeymoon trip to China. Www.onemoreadventure.co.uk

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And one more great random invitation from Gökhan in Gerze.

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In Görele we were intercepted by Hasan from warmshowers.org, who already hosted over 400 cyclists. In the evening we went to the town and participated the free fast-breaking Ramadan food.

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