It’s been 6 weeks since I last saw Ingrid, back in sunny Kotor, she driving off in one direction as I slowly pedalled off in the other on my way to Istanbul. I’ve managed to convince her to take a week off work and come hiking with me high up…
Category: Europe
Turkey – Cappadocia
I last saw Sheena when she wished me luck and send me on my way all those months ago in Amsterdam. So it seemed only fitting to meet her up again at the end of this trip in Turkey, and what better way to see Turkey than to spend a…
Euro Bike Ride – Turkey
Two major emotional surprises hit me in Turkey. As I crossed over the border from Greece, crossed the bridge over no-mans-land, had my visa and passport checked and rolled past the boom gate, I entered Turkey. I was finally here, the road sign welcoming me to Turkey a symbolic achievement…
Euro Bike Ride – Greece
After my brief time in Macedonia, I crossed over and rolled into northern Greece (also known as Macedonia.. confusingly enough). Riding through orchards and farmland, snacking covertly on apples and plums when no one was watching, I made a beeline for Thessaloniki, my first big city in quite a while.…
Euro Bike Ride – Macedonia
I’d originally planned to spend a fair bit of time in Macedonia, riding from Ohrid to Skopje and onward towards Sofia, Bulgaria. But for various reasons I now had to get myself to Istanbul in just over two weeks and abandoned my ideas of riding to the Black Sea, opting…
Euro Bike Ride – Albania
Albania was my mystery country. I had no idea what to expect as I rode in from Montenegro. All I’d heard up till now about Albania consisted of gangsters, thieves and stolen Mercedes’. Ten minutes into the country and I hadn’t been killed or kidnapped but I had already been…
