JKB's Bike Ride

Around the world by bicycle…

Turkey

Sumela Monastery

Security at Sumela Monastery

Sumela Monastery

Sumela Monastery

Selfie-stickers at Sumela Monastery

Sumela Monastery

Sumela Monastery

Trabzon

Pre-Ramadan bread queue

My hosts in Trabzon

Clearly guns aren’t allowed in this hotel…

Cycling along the Black Sea

Tea factory

View from my host’s flat in Cayeli over the busy coastal road

Low hanging clouds

Hiding from the rain in a tunnel

Tea plantations

The last of many tunnels in Turkey

Leaving Samsun

Unye

Sunflower seed shells

Betwen Fatsa and Ordu

Between Fatsa and Ordu

Between Fatsa and Ordu

Between Fatsa and Ordu

View over Ordu

Between Ordu and Giresun

Coastal mosque

Black Sea

Climbing up to Giresun Castle

View from Giresun Castle

Another tunnel

Lunch break

Between Gorele and Trabzon

Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia

Trabzon

Market in Samsun

Samsun

Fisherman

SS Bandirma replica

SS Bandirma

Horse-drawn carts

Between Ankara and Kirkkale

Looming thunderstorm in Kirkkale

Between Kirikkale and Sungurlu

Rolling hills

Red landscapes

Campsite

Campsite company

My helpful shepherd friend

Leaving in the mud and rain

Corum castle

My small bicycle

Between Corum and Merzifon

Between Corum and Merzifon

Between Corum and Merzifon

Lake between Corum and Merzifon

Some more new friends

The road into Merzifon

My hosts in Merzifon

Bus stop break

Endless fields

Cycling into Samsun at dusk

Cycling along the Sea of Marmara

Along the Sea of Marmara towards Gebze

Busy road along the sea

Getting lost between Izmet and Sakarya

Stray dogs

Perfect downhill

When Galatasaray won the league…

Heading south from Sakarya

Even the motorway can be beautiful sometimes!

Towards Bozuyuk

Camping between Sakarya and Bozuyuk

Morning view

My luxurious room

Cycling with Grup Yorum

Me and Grup Yorum

Turkish picnic

When your clothes aren’t dry by morning…

Eskisehir

Camping between Eskisehir and Ankara

Camping between Eskisehir and Ankara

The long (and wet) road

Strange statue on the mountain top welcoming traffic with a salute

My petrol station hosts

One of the stranger campsites

No horse drawn carts on the motorway, please

Mosque in Ankara

Grup Yorum’s arrival in Ankara

Grup Yorum’s arrival in Ankara

Ankara

Ankara old town

Ankara old town

View over Ankara

Ankara old town

View over Ankara

Ankara panorama

Sunset over Ankara

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