After a not so long night we woke up in our tent. While having breakfast, we were greeted by our new friends: the cats from yesterday. Fabi had given one of them a small piece of sausage and now the little bugger would not leave us alone. We packed up our tent and got going again. The goal was to get as far away from the tourist packed Bodrum as possible. Ok, maybe not quite, but we aggreed that the campsite of the previous day had…
The dinner last night left us with full bellies and an immense amount of markers on our map with either waypoints to use for routing or points of interest to visit. One of the places that we were recommended to visit was Bodrum in the south west of Turkey. Conveniently we also had some waypoints to create a route that was supposed to be a little more interesting than just straight roads. For lunch we stopped at a tiny village that lay above the lake Bafa…
Today was a little different. As we did not cover that many kilometers on the previous day, the plan was to get further today. So, after packing up our tent and saying goodby to the campground animals, we got back to the main road again. Yesterday evening Ufuk had sent us a message asking about our whereabouts and how we were doing. Also, he stated that if we were near Izmir, we could meet for a drink as he was in Izmir for work. We did…
After a relaxing night, we again got on our way towards Izmir. Actually, the plan was not to head straight to Izmir but to make a stop at Bergama on the way. Bergama lies northern of Izmir and is maybe better known under its former name "Pergamon". The ancient Pergamon is a city founded by the greeks. Today, the ruins of the city can be visited. To get there, we took the highway. The toll system for this section was different. Upon entering you get a…