Distance cycled: 95.5 km from Saltankoy to Istanbul, Turkey
Average speed: 19.1km/h
Moving time: 5h00m
Total distance: 6361km
Border X'ings: 22
Money spent: €50 - food, accommodation at the hostel and some drinks.
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Last night's sleep was awful, just awful! Setting up my tent where I did was stupid of me, the wind warped my tarp and tent to a point where the very fabric of my tent was rubbing against my face; the rain, all of the rain would find its way inside and drench everything. So needless to say I did not sleep much at all.
I started the day being pretty miserable and because the rain didn't let up I just hastily packed my things and headed for Istanbul.
Istanbul is a huge city and this meant a hell of a lot of traffic, i came very close to being run off the road a few times and having the few hours of sleep last night I was not in a happy mood whatsoever, flipping off drivers that would drift too close.
Finally though I made it into the center to check into a hostel where I'd be seeing Freya, an Australian girl who I met in Galapagos and who was also the girlfriend of Christopher who I met in Peru and also saw more recently in Namur, Belgium.
I still find it so strange that this occurrence happen to be as it is with the timing and places thousands of kilometers apart.
On top of this, Aaron who I met in Macedonia was also a the hostel, a hostel with less than a dozen people currently staying there.
Freya, Aaron, some others and myself went out for dinner and enjoyed a decent Turkish meal and returned to the hostel to chat where it didn't take me long to tuck myself into bed to have a good nights rest.
silly mistake to camp here, if i was to cycle 200 meters more yesterdayb i would have had a much better spot out of the relentless wind.
They have a Luna Park here in Turkey too, the one in Melbourne is much more impressive
I took this picture before i found out the price of the food i ate here.. at least i was able to warm up
Wet but still having a good time, so close to the center of Istanbul.
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