Looks like we have to go now - yesterday we bought our tickets from Seattle to Instanbul for $750 each including taxes!! Can't hardly even leave Alaska for that price anymore. Today I bought the tickets from Instanbul to Van on the east side of Turkey. It's our general plan to ride for a couple weeks in the mountains in SE Turkey near Iran/Iraq and then work our way back to Instanbul along the Mediterranean.
We'll spend a couple days in Tacoma visiting good friends from my competitive rowing days before heading out on the 15th of September for Turkey. Upon remeasuring the bikes and the boxes and the airlines regulations we should be able to cut down the box so we don't have to pay the bike fees - seems like the fees really aren't too bad except for Turkish Airlines - a lot of medieval baggage rules to try to figure out and comply with. We have given up using TA for the flight to Instanbul and are flying Condor/Lufthansen instead. D-day is getting closer but seems like all is on schedule for now!!
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