Day 46, 18th May, Borzhomi
We drove to Akhaltsikhe and visited a low-grade supermarket where a girl followed us round to ensure that we didn’t pinch anything. There were individual bog rolls on sale for … Read more
We drove to Akhaltsikhe and visited a low-grade supermarket where a girl followed us round to ensure that we didn’t pinch anything. There were individual bog rolls on sale for … Read more
Ani, a 5,000-year-old Armenian city located on the Turkish-Armenian border and located on a hilltop near the bank of the Akhuryan River, is the most famous among the Armenian capitals. … Read more
We spent the night in a huge lorry park at the Turkish border with Iran after talking to the owners. When we arrived there must have been at least 200 … Read more
We slept at a filling station/restaurant/lorry park on the outskirts of Erzerum last night after passing through some spectacular mountain scenery between Bojnurd and Erzerum, where we drove above the … Read more
Day 41 was rather boring. After sleeping in a parking place south of Samsun, we drove along the southern coast of the Black Sea, where dozens of small-to-medium sized towns … Read more
We spent the night at an abandoned garage and found some garlics which had evidently fallen off a lorry and were still quite edible. We then drove to Hattusas, the … Read more
A lazy day, wandered about in Goreme where Jennifer bought some ear rings which change colour in different locations for Kaffa. We then set off for Kayseri, a large industrial … Read more
I remember Konya as a sleepy little provincial town when I passed through in the 1970’s. As we drove there to pay my speeding fine, my heart sank when I … Read more
A most beautiful thing happened to us last night. We turned off the Isparta-Konya road down a little side road and pulled in at a place where we could spend … Read more
Not every day you get woken to the sight of this! Can you believe that five balloons were filled by a Chinese tour group complete with selfie sicks? We had … Read more