Day 59 Leaving Lesbos for Piraeus
In which Sid and Doris ride over the hills to Mytilini, buy ferry tickets for Piraeus and check into a hotel for a few hours before the ferry leaves.
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Day 58 Getting ready to leave Lesbos
In which Sid and Doris enjoy the English expat life and meet a long distance cyclist at Barry Hoban’s bar.
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Day 57 A quiet day in Petra
In which, paradoxically, Sid and Doris see a Balkan house and idle by the sea.
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Day 56 Assos to Petra, Lesbos, Greece
In which Sid and Doris cross to Greece, finding the Hostaholic in Petra.
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Day 55 Troy and Assos
In which Sid and Doris cross the Dardanelles, see Troy, sneak a lift a few miles south and find a ‘new’ ferry to Lesbos.
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Day 54 Eceabat and Gallipoli
In which Sid and Doris evade Istanbul traffic with their very own trip to Gallipoli.
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Day 53 Sightseeing in Istanbul
In which Sid and Doris go to the Topkapi Palace; after several trips to Istanbul this is apparently their first time
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Day 52 On holiday in Istanbul
In which Sid and Doris visit the Rahmi Koc collection of almost everything Rahmi Koc is the main shareholder of Koc Holdings which is the largest company in Turkey. They own Tofas (see Posts passim), they build Ford trucks, they build the Army’s tanks, they own the biggest electrical goods business. Rahmi is a collector with means, which means he…
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Day 51 Decompressing in Istanbul
In which Sid and Doris see another side of Turkey by public transport (as Istanbul is not a good place to cycle).
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Day 50 Boyalik to Istanbul
In which Sid and Doris leave the sad airport hotel and cycle down the airport motorway until they can break onto country roads to Saray with its Istanbul ferry stop.
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