Blogs from Artvin, Black Sea, Turkey, Middle East

Wed 7th of August 2013 - Erzurum to Hopa on the Black sea coast The car still had the problem starting first thing in the morning, so I decided to return to the car workshop to seek help from my friend Veysel the mechanic. Because I could not explain the problem to him in Turkish, I took a video of the ignition problem and showed him. His diagnosis was that it is a electrical problem and took the car to the auto electrician. This man quickly checked the glow plugs and found only 1 in 5 of the glow plugs was working. So the failed glow plugs were replaced and then I bid them farewell as I was about to leave Erzurum. I headed towards the seaside town of Hopa and arrived at around 6pm. So ... read more

Boda en Sarigöl... read more

Tag 37 bis 49, 8.750 km von Galway Wir sind in Asien! Juhu! ... und haben schon eine Menge erlebt, seitdem wir den Bosporus ueberquert haben..... Das Wichtigste zuerst: Ja, wir waren in Georgien. Aber leider nur 4 Tage. Als wir gehoert haben, dass Georgien von russischen Truppen bombardiert wird, haben wir das Land sofort (am Samstag den 09.08., also einen Tag nach Kriegsausbruch) wieder verlassen. Wir sind gesund und munter und nun wieder in der Tuerkei. Nun aber alles huebsch der Reihe nach: In der Tuerkei (bevor wir nach Georgien gereist sind), haben wir nicht nur die Straende am Schwarzen Meer getestet und uns die Baeuche mit super leckerem tuerkischen Essen vollgeschlagen, wir haben auch schon Wasserfaelle erklettert, eimerweise kostenlos Tee getrunken, noch viel mehr Eimer Tee freundlich abgelehnt, sind bei Nebel in den Bergen ... read more

His name is Mustafa Aygün but everybody calls him Mevlut Çavus, the nickname of its father. I met him in 1994 when I arrived to Barhal for the first time, in 1997 I stood in its house and since then I go at least once to the year. Onun ismi Mustafa Aygü, ama herkes ona Mevlut Çavus derler, babasinin lakasi. 1994'te tanististik, o anda ilk kez Barhala gittim, 97'de onun evinde kaldim ve ondan itibaren her sene giderim, son seneler Ramazan Bayramda.... read more

His name is Mustafa Akarsu but everibody calls him Sofi, because of his grandfather who knew a lot about religion. He is also Mustafa's best friend. Hepsi onu "Sofi" olarak taniyor, dedesinden dolay, ayni anda Mustafas en iyi bir arkadasi.... read more