http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Turkey , Black Sea , Trabzon en-us Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:36:18 +0000 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:36:18 +0000 We arrived in Trabzon with only a vague idea of where we were going to stay. The bus from Rize dropped us off at the bottom of a market which climbs uphill towards Ataturk Square. The driver pointed us in the right direction and we climbed up through the market our rucksacks attracting many gazes to the top where we found several hotels. As we walked past one a voice said nice room 40 Lira so http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-429798.html There are some places for everyone which you feel a belonging without knowing really why and Black Sea region of Turkey is somewhere like that for me. Ok my father is from this region and when I seek my ancestorywhich ever branch I look for at my fathers side I always end up somewhere in eastern Black Sea but still I spent a very little time of my life in this region and I was in my end twenties http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-345980.html Am beg305nn305ng to real305se that 305 may have to scratch travel wr305ter from my l305st of poss305ble career cho305ces and feel305ng horr305f305cally gu305lty for not hav305ng made an entry for so longRoman305aAfter S305gh305soara we spent a n305ght camp305ng 305n Rosnov after look305ng round the castle. Th305s was our f305rst f http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-275369.html The bustling border crossing at Hopa was nothing like the sleepy rural countryside post I had crossed to enter Georgia two days earlier. Tractor trailers vacationing Russians and a much more official borderish mood filled the air and made it rather unpleasant. To the left handsome tall green Turkish mountains rose up to towering heights. To the right the Black Sea stretched out coldly http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-273175.html On se disait que a faisait longtemps que nous n'avions pas vu quelque chose d'exceptionnelle. On ne veut pas dire que la Syrie et la Chypre n'taient pas jolies mais plutot que a faisait un petit bout que l'on avait pas eu la chance de visiter de grandes merveilles comme les Pyramides ou le site de Ptra. Et bien on a t servi lorsque l'on s'est rendu dans la rgion de la Cappadocce situ au c http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-265367.html This will be my last post in Turkey... Yes I am finally leaving the country... With a sad heart though... But let me first tell what I have been doing till now... First in Van I met Brian who I had met earlier on my Mt. Nemrut sunset tour and together with him and Tim a Kiwi who was staying in the same hotel we did a tour of Akdamar Island.. After this Brian and I also went for a look at Hosap Cas http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-191366.html Litt utp formiddagen den 14. mai dukket noen velkjente fjell opp i horisonten. Knausen som er bedre kjent som Tyrkia steg fram over vannet. Furet vrbitt anyone Da det velkjente bnnegaulet fra nrmeste moske blandet seg med havnestyen og bilglammet var bildet perfekt Vi hadde forlatt slavernes velordnede verden og ankommet tyrkernes brautende og blide anarki. Deilig. Faktisk oppleves ko http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-159096.html It was yet another snowy departure for us try305ng to make our way to Sumela we have to go up the mounta305n passes aga305n and 305t was pretty w305th all the colorful landscape w305th frost305ng of snow but as we get up the pass 305t gets a b305t tr305cky as there was a truck we passed by that overturned. We have a m305nor breakdown at the s305de of the road http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-144728.html Monday March 19. I left Ordu at 7.45 am. As part of the upgrading of the roads they have put in new tunnels and have not yet put in any lighting. It was very nearly my undoing. I checked that there was no traffic and set off furiously to get to the other end. It became absolutely dark and my front light was useless. I was following the white line in the middle of the tunnel with my front light. I http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-142368.html Saturday March 17. I left Merzifon at 8 am. The road is flat at first but then become hilly. Some of the hills are very long. I pushed my bike for at least two hours up these hills. I stopped along the way for tea and bananas. I do enjoy their tea houses. Eventually I reached the top and it was a dramatic downhill to Samsun and sunshine I booked into a good hotel Otel Fuar. I had dinner at a fi http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-142354.html Tuesday March 15. As I had planned I took the bus to Gerade to miss out the heavy traffic. It was a good decision as the traffic is scary along this stretch. The memory of Dave Cook underlines that choice. I set off cycling at 1 pm and made good progress as I climbed higher into the mountains. It got very cold and started to snow. The snow was driven by a strong wind and visibility was reduced. L http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-142342.html Pensum for tredje sykkeldag var komme oss de tte milene til nye. Endelig slapp vi unna hovedveien en stund siden det var bygget en ny tras inne i landet mens den langt mer idylliske gamleveien langs vannet er intakt. Ytterst p en lav odde ligger det en greskortodoks kirke kalt Jasonkirken. I flge den greske myten om Jason og det gyldne skinnet seilte Jason og argonautene fra Hellas til G http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-136769.html Da vi kom oss p hjul og rullet videre neste dag ble det klart at vi hadde vrt for kjappe med avskrive byen. Noen f hundre meter vest for hotellet fant vi et helt greit sentrum med strandpromenade og en liten borgruin. Syklingen fram til neste ml i Ordu g305kk problem og begivenhetsfritt. Byene ligner hverandre med en hellelagt strandpromenade eventuelt med furutrr og beskyttet med s http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-136768.html Bussen kom fram til Trabzon i grlysningen. Otogaren busstermimalen ligger et par kilometer st for sentrum. Vi fikk rigget oss til med en liten haug sykkelvesker og esker ved en benk og gikk i gang med montere tohjulingene. Heldigvis var det oppholdsvr og ingen som viste srlig interesse for de to raringene som stod og fiklet. En blid fyr trdte til og holdt syklene da vi skulle pumpe opp http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-136766.html Nr man er p langdistansebuss i Tyrkia er blant annet flgende lurt huske p1 Vr forberedt p at busspersonalet nr som helst kan komme gende bort til setet ditt og tilby spryte en god dam med eau de cologne i henda dine. Sett pris p dette og spre den luktende vsken i hender og ansikt. Den forfrisker og ikke minst Den frer til at alle passasjerene p bussen lukter nogenlunde li http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-136757.html Enjoy yourselfSochi is the Lycra and silicone trim of the Russian machine. Unfortunately Russians seem to have got a little err.. overly flamboyant and possibly a little rebellious at this stage of the creation.. rules are broken left right and centre as these wonderful finishing materials are paired with body hair wrinkles fat and poorly disguised penises. Russians don't do the beach wellI http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Black-Sea/Trabzon/blog-92302.html