Even the sky was crying when I pedaled out of Antalya late on a Thursday afternoon. I rode into a headwind and a storm but hardly noticed the weather with all the emotions of leaving. There was lightning and wind, and I did have the sense to get my tent setup before the two hour deluge. Wow, in three months that’s perhaps the third time it rained like that in Antalya. What a time to choose to start a tour!
It is a bit ironic that I spent the best riding months of the year having a most fabulous time in Antalya. If I’m careful, that just might happen again.
Back to life on the road. I’m slowly making the adjustment. Navigation, however, has been easy. I know it’s possible to find bad roads to cycle in Turkey. So many cyclists choose bad roads into Istanbul that travellingtwo described an alternative. But, really, I’m not sure that I know of an easier country for finding fantastic back roads with so little traffic.
Consider this, a day out of Antalya:
