Test ride and the road to Sinop
03.06.2013
Author: Raz
I left my hometown in Cornwall in 2012 on a mission to walk across Europe, from the UK to Istanbul. One year later I had done just that, and amassed a blog full of stories and memories of the people and places she encountered along the way. The captivating city of Istanbul soon became my new home and I set about exploring it from top to bottom, developing my travel writing with blogs and articles for local websites as I went. I now continue to travel throughout Turkey and beyond by bicycle, whilst contributing to various websites, guidebooks and publications.
Test ride
31.05.2013
As I was still waiting for my Turkish residence permit to be issued (I had long ago out-stayed my 3 month tourist visa and would need the residence permit to legally stay in Turkey long enough to cycle across it and exit without a whopping fine) I used my first week on the bike as … More Test ride
A pause in the city photos
18.05.2013
setting (wobbling) off again
18.05.2013
It was 5:45am on May 1st when I first set off from Beşiktaş with Carra fully loaded for a week long test ride. Later that day the city was in lock down with the police pepper spraying and water canoning anyone who attempted to join a May day protest. But when I left the sun … More setting (wobbling) off again
A pause in the city
14.05.2013
When I reached Istanbul I was pretty lost – after 11 months of walking and travelling and always waking-up somewhere new, it was always going to be a bit of a shock to the system to try and stay still for a bit. I had wishfully though that during my walk I would have some … More A pause in the city
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