My second home

Petrol stations - my second home...i overnight most of the time with my tent at a petrol station. It is safe, has toiletes, water and it is free! Even tea is included ;-)...it is better than a camping place.

Once, i overnighted at a truck controlstation. That was a great stay! The workers even helped me fixing my bike.

They have 3 nice dogs. The jung dog always wanted to play with me. I had a lot of fun with it.

But i dont like all dogs...i was attacked more times by dogs in the last days. Fortunatelly i had good luck and was faster...i have always a piece of bread ready in the hope they prefer bread rather than swiss meat...

Migros in turkey? Yes they have migros here. I felt like at home when i was shopping there...

Gottlieb duttweiler established the turkish migros in 1954. But for many years the turkish migros is independet.

the land of beautiful horses

overnighting at a 5 star hotel for free? yes i could do that, but only outside in my tent ;-)

the next day it was not so funny - it was raining and pretty cold. but that was not all, i had a hole in the back wheel and was attacked by an aggressive dog - fortunately i was a bit faster...

my hotel room after the rain day ;-)

i stayed a few days in the region of cappadocia, in ürgüp and goreme.
it is a very famous region, many tourists come here to see the houses and churches, which are built in stone. christian people built underground cities to protect themselves from fighters.

with a guided tour i could see how these people lived many many years ago. it is to say, that they didn’t normally live in the underground cities. only when they were attacked.

i spent one night in a room made in stone. it was 10 degrees warmer than outside, without heater ;-)

and now i know what the name cappadocia means - 'the land of beautiful horses'

if you want to know more about cappadocia, the best is to come here. mti (http://www.mtitour.com) can help you organising your trip.

alacabel, bayram and cay

the way from side to konya is fantastic to drive! after cycling 2 days up hill i reached finally the alacabel-pass on 1825 meters.

i didn’t pass many villages on the way, but many markets. they sell honey, apples and other fruits. the mark-keepers are very friendly...i often got water and was invited to eat fish and bread, of course with cay (tea).

turkish people drink a lot of tea. for breakfast, lunch and dinner. they drink it always in special glasses.

this weekend is special for muslim people. they celebrate bayram (like christmas). it is always after the 4 weeks ramadan. In this part of turkey it is no problem to eat and drink during the day while ramadan is, fortunatelly ;-)

Big visit from balm

My parents arrived last friday in side (its 75 km east from antalya). We spent 3 great days together with sightseeing, swimming, eating and of course we had a lot to tell each other. Wow...it happend a lot in switzerland...


The beach here is beautiful and the water is still 25 degrees (they say that...). Impressive is the anciente part of side, especially the amphitheater.


The food is just delicious in the hotel...i ate a lot, too much...of course i didnt eat the entire salmon ;-)


My parents brought me a lot of stuff i need for my further travel and an heap of swiss chocolate :-)

Merci vüu mou für aus u no ä schöni zyt ir türkei!


Hey Chrischu! Thanks for the mp3-player. Is it a present? I know christmas and my birthday arent yet...but im sure you will make an exception ;-), wont you?


Because i was some days earlier in the south-turkey than my parents, i spent the meantime in manavgat at a restaurant, where i could put up my tent.
Aziz works at this restaurant, he always played with my mobile phone ;-)

Merhaba turkey

Last week i left athens by ferry. But i didnt go directly to turkey. There is no direct connection, so i went first to the greek island kos and took a boat from there to bodrum.

(bodrum)

As i wanted to take my bike out of the ferry i couldnt find it anymore. Did somebody take it? Fortunatelly it was still there...but around were many packets, even on top of my bike! When i left the ferry my luggage was 10kg heavier...i will open the packet on christmas ;-)

From milas to antalya in one day, is that possible? Well, by bike of course not...a man with a van drove me the way there. I could overnight in his holiday-house.

In the evening we were invited by a friend of him...turkish food is really delicious! Tesekkür ederim Yavuz!

Here it is almost the opposite to italya. It goes a lot up hill, almost too much for me...but after some weeks i should be used to drive like that...i will see a lot more symbols like that here in turkey...