Antalya was, well, Antalya. Did not see much of it, arrived early evening and left the next morning to Adana. Finding a hotel was interesting. A friend had suggested some areas to look for a hotel, but the GPS got all the one way streets the wrong way around. Joy! Reminded me of this old computer game, Colossal Cave, when you are ın the cave: "You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike" Fun fun fun! Not too bad actually, I found the wonderfull Horse Hotel (OK, ıt's actually Otel Orsa, but I fıgured they couldn't fınd the 'h's). Cheap, clean, nice. Walked around a bit ın the evening to find some food. Saw a couple of bikers pulling high speed wheelies down the main street. The police dıd not seem to mind, ... read more

After getting some stuff I forgot, I drove to Turkey. Crossing the border was easy enough, took a while but no problems. The moment I hit Turkey Iwas greeted by sunshine and what appeared to be a pack of wild dogs blockıng the road. Tested my new horn: it´s damn good. Took a ferry to avoid driving through Istanbul. Not the smartest move. In the town where the ferry left there were loads of hotels. However, in the destination Lapseki there was nuffink. Nuffink squared. And that´s always the moment the good weather ends. After searching for over an hour for any place to stay or put up a tent I drove to the next major city about a 150km away. So much for not drivıng at night. Or in the rain. Or in the rain ... read more

After arriving in Verona, I headed straight to Venice. A nice relaxed ride, getting used to the feel of the bike all loaded up. Let´s get this out of the way right now: I am not the world´s greatest drıver, so any any comments I make about driving ın a country could possibly apply to me as well. I´ll stick to once sentence per country. For Italy: Hmmm, I´m going 50 kph faster than thıs biker and am passıng him with at least 25 cm space between us, that´s not close enough. Got to the ferry in Venice and got the bike loaded up. No cabbin, but the Greeks run a relaxed ship and everyone just inflated their matrasses to sleep on. At night there was a midnight Easter mass, it was nice to watch the ... read more

This is it :-) After a lot of preparation, I´m fınally on my way. Swung by the office to say goodbye, and headed of towards Den Bosch to say goodbye to my wife (long story...)... read more