Distance cycled: 80.8km from Esen to Kas, Turkey
Average speed: 18.5km/h
Moving time: 4h21m
Total distance: 7472km
Border X'ings: 22
Money spent: 50 lira = €20
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I splurged today and got myself a hotel room for the evening in Kas, problem was because of the storm that hit me hard when I was on the road, all sorts of rain and hail, when I checked in and turned the room into a drying rack and just before I hopped into the more than much needed warm shower there was a power out that not only knocked out the town but also the hot water, air conditioning and pretty much everything I needed to get me and my belongings clean, dry, charged and comfortable.
Getting to Kas in the such shocking weather was a feat in itself, and excuse the pun because the lightning was relentless and incredibly close, on two occasions striking the road in front only 100 meters from where I was cycling.
As soon as I hit the coastal road that was on par with some of the shit that I cycled on in Albania but with bumpy loose gravel spread over the smooth asphalt that when speeding cars would pass by I would have this loose gravel ricashaying from under the car or truck hitting me or my surroundings, this along with the hail made me an unhappy chap.
Still, I am happy to have made it as far as i did today although I'm now waiting for the power to come back on. In the meantime I'll have a nap.
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It took 2.5 hours for the power to come back on so I didn't hesitate to rinse my clothes and hop in the shower.
I honestly just sat in my room reading some stuff online, cooked some mushroom soup for dinner and chatted to old friends on Skype.
I suppose I could have gone out in the rain to check out the town but due to the lack of dry clean clothes I stayed in and rested.
the snowcapped mountains through the heavy storm clouds
back at the coast
someone want to explain to me why the water is so incredibly blue?
before and after turning my hotel room into a drying rack
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