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Category Archives: Turkey
Darım Dağı (aka Göktünek Tepesi) with Semra and Bülent
Whenever I go up to Termessos, I look north and admire the steep south face of Darım Dağı. It’s first visible from the kind of steep switchbacks so if you’re feeling lazy and want a rest, you can use the … Continue reading
The end again, in Bitlis
Three and and a half months from Antalya to Bitlis. This was my longest bicycle tour in Turkey (my Erzurum to Bayburt tour was a couple weeks longer, but I spent a month of that in Georgia). By the end … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle touring, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged Bitlis, Güroymak, Kuştaşı, Yukarı Kolbaşı
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Karakoçan to Norşên via Lice and Kulp: swimming holes and soldiers
A lot happened this week. When I read through my notes, at times it seemed like it was all heat and flat tires. Certainly there were too much of both, but we also had jandarma excitement, continued language diversity, some … Continue reading
Bicycling touring Dersim İli, part two: Merkez and Mazgirt
From the Upper Munzur Valley around Ovacık it was a ride on the main road following the river downhill to Dersim (the city). As a main road, I expected a fair bit of traffic, especially since it was the weekend. … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle touring, Turkey
Tagged Mazgirt İlçesi, Munzur Vadisi, Munzur Vadisi Milli Parkı, Ovacık, Tunceli
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Bicycling touring Dersim İli: Çemişgezek, Hozat, Ovacık
The posts about this bicycle tour from Antalya to (spoiler) Bitlis were written shortly after the section described. Until now. It’s been almost two months since Hacer, Ferda, and I entered Dersim Province, dropping into a pretty canyon, crossing the Rabat Çayı … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle touring, Turkey
Tagged Çemişgezek, Gedikler, Hozat, Munzur Gözeleri, Munzur Vadisi, Ovacık, Segedik, Toratlı
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