ZUMZUMZUM- from Romania to Thailand on a bike

niatza,

e rindul meu sa povestesc ziua de azi 🙂

dimineata am pornit direct, dupa cafea, spre Kaymakli sa vedem cum e cu orasele subterane…de la Oblio la piticuti 🙂

ne-a convins un mosuletz simpatic ca daca sintem pentru prima oara acolo e mult mai bine sa ne fie el ghid, sa ne explice ce si cum…si chiar a fost bine 🙂

am intrat printr-un tunel si am coborit un pic si a inceput povestea…aparent intr-un oras de genul asta incapeau cam 5000 de oameni + provizii + animale de tot felul, are 7 ‘etaje’ din care se puteau vizita numai primele 4 (de sus in jos).

aveau sistem de ventilatie, apa, dormitoare, un etaj cu bude si cu animale, bucatarii comune in fiecare compartiment, biserica, sistem de facut vin si culoare de legatura intre toate astea si de legatura cu alte orase subterane.

era aer inauntru, se putea respira fara problema dar unele culoare erau foarte inguste asa ca unii dintre noi, nu spunem cine, mai claustrofobi din fire au cam intrebat mai in gluma mai in serios daca e o iesire mai pe direct la aer 🙂

in mod cert nu-mi pare rau c-am intrat, chiar nu credeam ca exista asa ceva…desi citisem in ghid 🙂 foarte foarte tare.

“sir, mind your head and back, please”

foarte foarte cald la prinz, peste 40 de grade si te cam nauceste soarele asa ca am papat bine si am asteptat sa se mai calmeze.

cip a muncit un pic pentru testi kebap 🙂

mai pe seara am pornit pe una din vaile cu bolovani, am ales valea porumbeilor …super frumos 🙂

si noapte buna…

we arrived in cappadocia, this thing is really something else. Half Oblio land, half giant phalluses land (probably depend on your perspective 🙂 )

we are staying in a nice hotel with a great view of goreme.

prepare yourselves for lots and lots of pictures

saturday in the morning we visited the goreme open air museum with it’s 10th century carved monasteries.

(as always, click on the pictures to see them larger)

here is me as oblio 🙂

in the afternoon we took the bike for a spin around the neighboring villages

uchisar, which offers a wonderful panorama of the whole area:

zelve and dervent valley to see the sunset (the rock formations, change colours throughout the day from white to grey to red)

and finally we went back to the hotel on the twisty narrow cobblestone streets

in hatussa we met mario (?) an italian traveling on a125cc vespa round turkey

in goreme we met robert on it’s way to syria and jordan on a BMW R100 GS/PD

and in Avanos we met an Englishman on a Transalp going to Mongolia

niatza,

azi , zi de relaxare…sintem in bogazkale, un sat pasnic linga care este Hatussa, cu  ruine ale capitalei hitite, sec. 13 ic.
ne-am dat cam singuri in toata incinta, mai erau doar niste omuleti care reparau drumul si nelipsitul turc care vroia sa-ti mai vinda o statueta, un covoras, o margelutza…ceva…orice…

are un aer special parcul, foarte liniste si toate pietrele alea nemiscate de atita vreme, porti si sanctuare…ne-am pus un pic imaginatia la contributie 🙂

zidul de aparare are 70m latime

era si cald, sintem la turci asa ca am redus echipamentul de moto 🙂

coming from istanbul, ankara is quite ugly.

 most of the city is new and uninteresting and the old part is dirty and derelict. Also the old quarters doubles as a huge bazaar which is not adding to the fun factor.

the road from istanbul to ankara was surprinsingly fun for a highway. The first part follows the sea shore and the rest is in the mountains with a few 1500-2000m passes.

At the first gas stop, just outside istanbul we met four guys form netherlands (one Africa Twin, one Transalp and two BMW GS’s). They were going to Mongolia. We exchanged a few impressions, they were "veterans" as on previous trips they were in India and South America. They took a look at our ginourmous luggage and said "This must be your first trip" 🙂

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