OFF THE HAMSTER WHEEL

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Biking in Turkey

The speed limits in Turkey are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 120 km/h (74 mph) on motorways. In Turkey the motorways are numbered …

Posted by The Madbiker on Wed, Nov 11, 2020

Days 68 to 69 Romania, Hungary and Slovakia to Poland

Day 68I had spent the night in the town of Satu Mare close to the border crossing with Hungary. I had read that Hungary was open for transit only and that Slovakia were testing …

Posted by The Madbiker on Mon, Nov 9, 2020

Days 65 to 67 Turkey, Bulgaria and Moldovian Border to Romania

Day 65One of the main reasons for leaving Turkey was because all of the land routes to the East from Turkey were closed and because of this I had to decide where to go for the …

Posted by The Madbiker on Sat, Nov 7, 2020

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