Day 23 – 29th April 2014 Istanbul

I went to the Azerbaijan Embassy this morning to enquire about a visa and they won’t give me one as I’m not applying for the visa in the country I live in, how crazy! It makes me wonder if some countries want tourist? They won’t get my money or me telling everyone what a great […]

Day 22 – 28th April 2014 Istanbul

I woke to heavy rain and headed up to the restaurant for breakfast. I knew we were central but I didn’t realise from the restaurant The Bosphorus was only a few hundred metres away and the view across was amazing (even in the rain). I decided a day staying in catching up with IT & […]

Day 18 – 24th April 2014 leave 9.30am Miles rode 153 Lake Iznik – Erdek

An interesting ride initially followed by hours of boring straight dual carriageways, we arrived near our destination to find ourselves in an industrial town, not nice, we rode on and after 20 mins were in Erdek, a wonderful seaside town full of character, both the town and people. We camped for the first time on […]

Day 16 – 22nd April 2014 leave 8.30am Miles rode 28 Istanbul

Good day today, I rode over one of the main bridges which crosses ‘The Bospherous’ so I stepped into Asia for the first time on this trip, afterwards I made my way to meet Ceyhan a Bulgarian guy who lives in Istanbul (Oli, another overland biker put me touch with him), he’s a biker too. […]

Day 15 – 21st April 2014 leave 8.15am Miles rode 9 Istanbul

Up early and off to Iranian Embassy where they confirmed they just process visas and Tehran makes the decision. As I thought I have to get an authorisation code and this means a guide so looking into prices today and sorting other IT / mail stuff in between coffee in the sun. I feel really […]

Day 14 – 20th April 2014 Istanbul

Fuck Me! Fuck Me! Fuck Me! Would you ‘Adam & Eve it!’ The company that was sorting my iranian visa out has just mailed me saying the the MFA for Iran have suddenly imposed restrictions to British and Canadian nationals whereby I now need a guide for 100% of the time I am in Iran […]

Day 13 – 19th April 2014 leave 11.15am Miles rode 10 Istanbul

We checked out of Steph’s ‘posh hotel’ and rode across Istanbul to a cheaper one, more affordable! It was ok more the type of hotel I stay in when travelling, in the part of town where tourists are not, cheap, I like it. The area is full of locals going about there business as usual […]