Begin with the fact (entering Greece)
Begin with the fact that Greece is known, on the Turkish side of the frontier, as “Yunanistan” instead of “Greece”...
An important milestone (Iznik – Gelibolu)
We passed an important milestone yesterday on the road from Amasra to Iznik—we are halfway along our route. Dora has...
Leaving Amasra (Amasra – Iznik)
Leaving Amasra by the back road, we promptly ran into several kilometers of repairs/construction in progress. It’s the season, we...
The surf just outside our door (Inebolu to Amasra)
The surf just outside our door lulled us all night and the morning was clear, although thunderstorms were forecast. The...
Sinop to Inebolu
Sinop to Amasra is billed by the Lonely Planet guide as a breath-taking scenic road to rival Pacific Coast Highway. ...
We delayed our departure (Unye – Sinop)
We delayed our usual 8-AM-ish departure long enough to have breakfast (included in the price of our room) at Unye...
Trabzond – Unye
We decided to give the Ataturk Villa another try before leaving Trabzond but had no luck—the tourist information office, very...
Goodbye to Georgia (Gonio-Trabzond)
We said goodbye to Gakha and Maia just after 7:00 this morning and crossed the Turkish border about an hour...
Egrisi Sastumro (Gonio)
Egrisi Sastumro (Hotel Egrisi) is the perfect little beach hotel, the kind with a fine layer of sand on the...
After two very hot days…
After two very hot days on the road, we are in an air-conditioned hotel room in Gonio, just south of...