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Paradise & Santa Claus

12. August 2008 | en

The ride along the Turkish Mediterranean has proven to be some of the best riding the trip so far (minus the Turkish coach drivers, I HATE them, but that rant is coming).

Joscha and Ed had recommended a camping site in Anriake without saying much about it other than it is beautiful. By beautiful they meant paradise – other than the mosquitoes (I am still not so sure that the giant clouds of smoke that the government pays a car to go around spewing out every night at 8 is safe, since it looks more like a forest fire had occurred, but we were assured it is safe because there was a bird sanctuary nearby and no one wanted to hurt the birds. Not the people. the birds).

The crazy and totally unexpected part about the trip was that the town was actually the village where the real Santa Claus lived and worked as an adult. Good Ole St. Nikolaus was a bishop there, and we only found it out (despite people saying half a dozen times we should check out St. Nikolaus church) when I wandered into town looking for food and was completely confused about all the Santa Claus paintings there were. And then I saw this:

and it all clicked into places.

Do not forget my Mensa nomination.

Tags: andrıake Turkey
Map: N 36° 22.412 E 29° 94.570

Created at: 16. August 2008

Vehicle to this place: Motorbike

You know what it is like to perpetually smell like burnt gasoline, or dirt under your fingernails from tires that refuse to keep their proper shape and pressure. Flies in your face, either too hot or too cold, but you refuse to submit to that fate of

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Karibik

11. August 2008 | de

Heute stehen Schotterpisten auf dem Programm. Das erste mal für Sherrie. Zuerst schlägt sie sich auch ganz wacker aber als die Sonne höher steigt und Betty emhrmals im Dreck landet findet sie es doch nimmer so gut. Zeit zum Mittagessen. Lamkebab und Pide. Ein kleines Festmahl. Weiter geht es Richtung Süden an die Küste. Wir finden den Zeltplatz in Adrianake, ein nettes Plätzchen mit Duschen (schön) und vielen Schnaken (weniger schön). Spontan beschließen wir hier für 2 Tage zu bleiben. Mit den ganzen Palmen sieht es hier eher aus wie in der Karibik als in der Türkei.