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April 30, 2014 •
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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...
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April 30, 2014 •
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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)....
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April 30, 2014 •
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Slept well (note to self: you can stop commenting on it now:) and again heard the lapping of the waves, contentment. I heard Steph packing away so made an effort to get up. Steph had started packing and after a cuppa we said our farewell...
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April 30, 2014 •
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I was warm and could hear the water slowly lapping against the shore around me as I woke up. After a while I opened up my tent, stayed in my sleeping bag and watched the near still sea. It was the sound that was special. It was 8am, I had...
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April 30, 2014 •
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I was woken at 5.15 with the usual ‘call to prayer’, I had a slight headache and eventually went back to sleep to wake at 8 feeling not too bad. There was a mist rolling in from the sea so we packed our tents away wet. The ride...
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April 30, 2014 •
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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...
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April 30, 2014 •
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Off to the ‘Indian Embassy’ this morning, it would be good to get this visa sorted in the next week or so then I have India & Pakistan ‘in the bag’ which means other than Iran I’m sorted for the next few...
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April 30, 2014 •
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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,...
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April 30, 2014 •
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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 /...
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April 30, 2014 •
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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...
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