Saturday, 02/27/2010, 523 km
Road Trip - The laundry ; Scheme is from Thursday is still not completely dry (it rains constantly and it is wet-cold), so I hung up in the car. I said goodbye to the British and drove via Homs to Tartus.
There I made lunch on the beach promenade and off we went to Latakia on the Syrian-Turkish border. It began to rain down with rain so I ran from office to office. For Carnetabstempeln I had to pay £ 100 S (42 Syrian pounds are about one-CHF). The departure tax is 500 plus 50 S £ S £ processing fee. After briefly met Wait my father on Turkish border posts, and brought me my new green card. So I could close it after more than 15 months duration in his arms again. He drove with his sprinter Womo to meet here, now we go home together. So quickly register the car in the passport and get the immigration stamp and then we went in the mini convoy to the "Orient Camping" in Konacik. After eight hours of actual driving time, I was quite ko. Jürg cooked hash browns and tomato salad and for something (longer) we were chatting in bed dead tired.
Sunday, 02/28/2010
Closed - After a leisurely breakfast we drove to Iskenderun in the city and searched an Internet cafe and a money exchange office. Here in Turkey, the Sunday is back as a "Sunday" (and not Friday, as in other Muslim countries) and therefore are the most close. At a kiosk, I was the remaining £ S but still going. The internet cafe was very crowded and the space adjacent said that the lines were so slow. So I could upload the blog articles from Jordan and Syria have not. It was the mail . Read Later we drove back to the campsite, chatted, looked at photos and read. Evening gabs sausage / cheese salad and we watched another movie.
Monday, 03.01.2010, 431 km
term is risen and we have packed together. The camp field was completely soaked by the rain so we had to Jürg Sprinter with a sand sheet and a strong push to bring the pitch. It now has deep grooves in the place ... We drove through Iskenderun, Adana, Nigde to Cappadocia and stand here in the "Kaya-camping" in Goreme. For dinner gabs Älplermaccronen and tomato / onion salad. Jürg gave me a small electric heater and a cable reel. This evening the cold is bearable here really well.
Tuesday, 02.03.2010
I've set the table leg Nebens bed so that I could now turn on the heater morning without crawling out of the sleeping bag. The internal temperature rose from eight to 15 degrees, J. In the morning I have washed and removed the canisters from the car (which are empty and are now in father's Womo-hold). Later we walked through the Red Canyon Cavusin. There we took the bus to Göreme, where we shopped and had drinks in a Cafe. Finally we went back to the three km to the campsite.
The laundry is almost dry (it is sunny and winds strong). In the evening I make potato salad and something we sit on the laptop (now is the wireless).
Wednesday, 03/03/2010, 335 km
The night it rained and during the earlier ; hstück are also a few snowflakes fell. It has about 2 degrees ... We have packed up and went to Nevsehir, Aksaray and Konya to Beysehir on the same lake. On our way we passed through large spaces and high snow mountains. We're here about 5 km out on the Beysehir Ada Camp. It's pretty cold. Man, what am I happy, we cook in his father's bus and eat ... Maybe I need yet another heater ;-)
Thursday, 03.04.2010, 395 km
frozen That night hats. The puddles are covered with ice. We are the west bank of the Drove north along the lake. A wonderful course. On the way we have bought at a farmers market vegetables and eaten later in Egirdir lunch. From there we continued west to Pamukkale. Here we take a look tomorrow at the sinter terraces. We are in Karahayit in the "Kurhaus Arslan Camping. The owner just filled the indoor pool with thermal water (comes with more than 50 degrees from the floor). The pool (4x3 meters) with toilet and shower in a cabin, of which it has four. A large bathroom sooo I've never had ... I enjoyed the bathroom all to myself, Jürg was too late after the "movie night" (we watched a movie on the laptop).
Friday, 05/03/2010
It rained again something in the night and it is quite windy. We took my car to the north entrance of Hierapolis and Pamukkale, and then strolled around for a while in there. So great had the pictures look like I was not there. Perhaps because of the bad weather (although it was sunny in between), or because so little water. Later we were in a cafe and then have read in the Sprinter. Then There Were sausages for supper with onion sauce with rice and Tomato salad.
Saturday, 06/03/2010, 386 km
We wanted to see on the tour today, the Mendes-flow (Meandros). Of the meander is the name. So we took a little detour. We have not seen much of the river, but it was a nice track just off the main road. On the highway we went further to Izmir to Bergama. Here we stand on the "Caravan Camping". Which is quite expensive. So we leave tomorrow on the same. After all, hats a washing machine, I can once again wash well.
Sunday, 07.03.2010, 337 km
songwriter has become colder overnight. We pack up quickly, the laundry is dried in the car ready. We are a small valley north down and then over Balikesir and Mustafakemalpaşa Izniksee. Here we have made to the site of a cooperative olive a Bush Camp.
Monday, 08.03.2010, 196 km
Today we went around the lake, over a range of hills and around the Marmara Sea to Istanbul. Here we stand on a parking lot in Kadikoy ferry. In the afternoon we went by ferry to "Europe" and walked over to the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace. Because it was raining we ended up at a snack bar and we looked at the (covered) Souk. Tomorrow we will try to reach Bulgaria. Finally, do not see the Black Sea ...
