OFF THE HAMSTER WHEEL

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Days 62 to 64 Turkey Part 4

Day 62The road to Antalya was very open and the route that I had chosen swept South down from the mountains and then along the shore of a large lake and eventually via some boring …

Posted by The Madbiker on Fri, Nov 6, 2020

Aizanoi

The Greek/Roman City of AizanoiThis site was one of the best and undeveloped sites that I have yet encountered on my travels. Apart from a partially complete temple, the site had …

Posted by The Madbiker on Wed, Nov 4, 2020

Days 59 to 61 Turkey Part 3

Day 59After out encounter with the wolves the previous night we decided that later that day we would spend a night in a hotel so we set off to head for the city of Eskisehir. As …

Posted by The Madbiker on Sun, Nov 1, 2020

Days 56 to 58 Turkey Part 2

Day 56After spending 2 nights in the city we set off again up in to the mountains that sit to the south of the city and our first stop was to look at a tree which allegedly over …

Posted by The Madbiker on Thu, Oct 29, 2020

Days 53 to 55 Turkey Part 1

Day 53 I arrived at the the Greek and Turkish border under a cloudy sky which looked like it could produce some rain. After the usual rounds of producing my passport and bike …

Posted by The Madbiker on Sun, Oct 25, 2020

Biking in Greece

The speed limits in Greece are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 130 km/h (86 mph) on motorways. In Greece the motorways are just …

Posted by The Madbiker on Fri, Oct 23, 2020

Days 47 to 52 Bulgaria and Greece to Turkish Border

Day 47Due to the madness I had to pre book my accommodation in Greece and pass the details to the Greek government before entry, therefore once I entered Greece I had to get from …

Posted by The Madbiker on Tue, Oct 20, 2020

Biking in Bulgaria

The speed limits in Bulgaria are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 130 km/h (86 mph) on motorways. In Bulgaria the motorways A roads, …

Posted by The Madbiker on Thu, Oct 15, 2020

Biking in Romania

The speed limits in Romania are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 130 km/h (86 mph) on motorways. In Romania the motorways A roads, …

Posted by The Madbiker on Mon, Oct 5, 2020

Days 45 to 46 Bulgaria to Greek Border

Day 45After 2 days off the bike I needed to get going again so I left Sofia in the pouring rain and headed South East in the direction of Plovdiv. My reasons for visiting Plovdiv …

Posted by The Madbiker on Wed, Sep 30, 2020