Yearly Archives: 2007

Half A Year On (And They’re Sacrificing Sheep)

By Tom | Published: December 20, 2007
It seems far longer than 6 months – but at the same time it feels like we left yesterday! It’s an odd feeling, but I think I can pin it down to the fact that we have removed almost all trace of routine from our lives. I begin each day with little real idea of what [...]
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Coastal Progress

By Tom | Published: December 9, 2007
We’ve spent three weeks since leaving Istanbul following the Black Sea coastline. Yesterday we completed the very hilly northern stretch, arriving in the peninsular town of Sinop. It’s a charming place with some of the friendliest people we’ve met in Turkey so far. Already we’ve been fed lunch, dinner, breakfast and lunch again, taken clubbing, [...]
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Frost, Tea and Celebrity

By Tom | Published: November 26, 2007
Ten days have elapsed since we made our way hesitatingly out of Istanbul after nearly a month off the bikes. We were expecting hardship; cycling and camping in the cold, wet, and mountainous climes of northern Turkey.
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It’s Not All Bad News

By Tom | Published: November 14, 2007
I know you like reading about our misfortune. It’s dramatic stuff. I like writing about it, too, trying to commit the experience to words and take you to that place and time. I hope that the results are entertaining, but also resemble the reality of what happened, too – exaggeration and artistic license are not [...]
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At Least It Happened In A Big City

By Tom | Published: November 1, 2007
Andy and I have been soaking up Istanbul for a fair while now. We’re both itching to get on the road again, and I’m excited and a little apprehensive at the prospect of seeing through the winter in Central Asia. But we’ve had more than our fair share of hiccups, and they are [...]
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