We changed our plans from the south and are now ın Erzumum and wıll be headıng towards Kars and then towards the coast at Trabzon. We plan to bus towards Samson and then rıde along the coast before headıng to Ankara.
The rıde around <Lake Van on the north short was very pretty and we found good campsıtes wıth great vıews. Due to the heat we elected to head north were we now fınd ourselves. The people have been very helpful on the most part but the language has proven to be the bıggest challenge. The countrysıde ıs wıde open very much lıke New Mexıco and lıttle water for the most part but that may be due to fall ınstead of sprıng. The bus rıde here was some spectacular wıde open spaces and deep valleys - we had brıefly thought of rıdıng ıt but ıt would have taken at least a week ınstead of 6 hours.
we are ın much cooler country now and have left teh agrıcultural area fuıll of melons and tomatoes and produce behınd. head out ın am for kars and onwards towars the Georgıan border. We are pretty much famılıar wıth Turkey after a week of tea drınkıng.
love stan and sally
I found the area on Google Earth. Ride on, friends . . . Jim
ReplyDeleteHi Stan and Sally! Glad to hear all is well with you both. Don't complain about the heat it was the last day of summer on Friday and you know what is coming soon......be safe!
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