Близкия изток

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Nice!!

[irishman]

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Дъг преди малко си дойде в Идилево











Явно не обича папараците.



Попитах го, какви са ти заключенията относно мотора, след пътешествието.
Дъг: "Твърде е нисък."

[boiko73]

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Doug, Welcome in Bulgaria.

[Motosapiens]

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From Urfa, I headed north to Cappadocia. As I climbed into the mountains, the temp went from friggin hot, to pretty nice.
A welcome change for both me & the bike.
Other than now I have to air up the tire every morning, its running great! Its weird, as I can ride all day & only lose about 4-5
PSI in the tire, but when it sits overnite, it goes flat. I hope it makes it back to BG ok, as I dont feel like pulling it off along the road.

От Урфа се насочих на север към Кападокия. Докато се изкачвах в планините, температурата се промени от адски горещо до доста приятно.
Тази промяна е добре дошла както за мен, така и за мотора.
Като изключим факта, че се налага да помпам гумата всяка сутрин, моторът върви чудесно! Странно е, защото мога да карам цял ден и гумата спада само с 4-5 PSI, но докато седи паркиран през нощта, гумата спада напълно. Надявам се да стигне без проблеми до България, защото не ми се иска да го бутам покрай пътя.

pics along the way

снимки, правени по пътя









there has to be a good story here.
How did the big truck get so far off the road, & end up hung on such a big rock?
and how long ago did this happen?
It looked like it had been sitting there awhile...

от тази случка вероятно става хубава история за разправяне.
Как ли големият камион е излязъл толкова далече от пътя и се е озовал увиснал на такъв голям камък?
И колко ли отдавна се е случило това?
Изглеждаше, като че ли е стоял там доста време...

[Motosapiens]

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alot of gas stations here have small mosques built in, so you can thank Allah after that close call with that truck on the twisty
mountain road.

first tho, you have to sit on the log & wash your feet.

Allah doesnt like dirty feet

Много от бензиностанциите тук имат пристроени малки джамии, в които можеш да благодариш на Аллах за разминаването на косъм с онзи камион по виещия се планински път.

Първо обаче, трябва да седнеш на пъна и да си измиеш краката.

Аллах не харесва мръсни крака.



then you can enter the mosque.
prayer rugs available, in case you left yours at home

След това можеш да влезеш в джамията.
Има и килимчета за молитва, в случай че си оставил своето вкъщи.





nothing for miles......
except a sign for mcdonalds

нищо в продължение на километри......
освен един билборд на макдоналдс



finally I got to the interesting part of Cappadocia.

Най-после стигнах до интересната част от Кападокия.

[Motosapiens]

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to get to Goreme, there was a nice steep downhill, with cobblestones & hairpin curves.
If only it had been raining a little to slicken it up more, it would have been the perfect road!

За да се стигне до Гьореме има хубаво стръмно спускане по павиран път със завои тип "фиба".
Единствено липсваше лек дъждец, за да го направи още по-хлъзгаво и щеше да бъде перфектния път!





Goreme is nice, a small village surrounded by these old rock formations, many which were made into houses years ago,
but its very touristy. full of restaurants, souviner shops, hotels, etc.
I got a room, as it was getting late, & decided to spend tomorrow here seeing stuff.
While I was at the hotel, I used the wifi to find a different hotel that was much cheaper, & moved to there the next morning.

Гьореме е приятно, малко село, заобиколено от тези стари скални формирования, голяма част от които преди години са превърнати в къщи, и като цяло е доста туристически ориентирано. Пълно е с ресторанти, магазини за сувенири, хотели и т.н.
Взех си стая, тъй като ставаше късно и реших да прекарам тук утрешния ден в разглеждане.
Докато бях в хотела, използвах wifi-връзката за да намеря друг хотел, който беше много по-евтин и се преместих в него на следващата сутрин.















I met this guy from Italy, I liked his home made tank bag

Срещнах този пич от Италия. Хареса ми неговата самоделна чанта за резервоара.





there were many bike travellers here, it seems to be a pretty popular place to visit.

Имаше много пътешественици на мотори тук. Изглежда мястото е много популярно за посещения.

[Motosapiens]

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I went exploring a bit on some dirt roads, but later in the day, I had an ATV tour booked

Тръгнах да проуча малко по черните пътища, но по-късно през деня си бях резервирал разходка с ATV.

[Motosapiens]

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they had camels here, for the tourists to pay for the priviledge of fotographing.
Of course, if you use zoom, you can take pics for free

Тук имаха камили, за да могат туристите да си платят за привилегията да ги снимат.
Естествено, ако разполагаш с телеобектив, можеш да ги снимаш безплатно.







so I went on the ATV tour, along with about 12 others. it was fun, & I got to go on trail that werent actually 'chopper friendly'
Of course they were pretty crappy atv's, but I had fun anyhow. I was riding at the back, so I could act the fool & not be slingin dirt n anyone.

И така, отидох на разходка с ATV, заедно с още 12 души. Беше забавно и успях да покарам по пътеките, които не са точно "chopper friendly".
Естествено, ATV-тата бяха доста скапани, но въпреки това ми беше кеф. Карах най-отзад, за да мога да си правя идиотщини, без да мятам кал по някого.

[Motosapiens]

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there were a couple of these made into houses, Im guessing this would be the red light district?

Имаше няколко от тези неща, превърнати в къщи. Предполагам, че това трябва да е кварталът на проститутките?









early the next morning, I was woke up by loud WHOOSHing noises. I looked out, & another popular tourist thing here, baloon rides at dawn.
the sky was full of them

Рано на следващата сутрин, бях събуден от силни шъшкащи шумове. Погледнах навън и се оказа, че другата популярна туристическа атракция тук са разходките с балон по изгрев слънце. Небето беше осеяно с тях.

[Motosapiens]

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I headed to Ankara, road was pretty boring, but temp was nice, not so hot anymore.

I passed by this salt lake, I would have liked to ridden on it, but the salt was really rough.





then I stopped for lunch at this cafe.
I ordered the usual thing, a couple of sausages on a stick, rice, & salad. The basic lunch I have had a dozen times in turkey.
I went to pay, & this asshole wanted 3 times the normal price.
he wanted to play 'Lets Fuck the Foreigner!'
I wasnt so keen on playing this game.
everywhere else in TR, this lunch costs 10-12 lira. he wanted 29. n top of that, he was charging me for the coke, that I bought at the store
next door.
Things got a bit heated. I wasnt paying his price.
A nice guy from the gas station next door spoke a bit of english, & tried to help, but I was a bit pissed, and wasnt putting up with this crap.
I told him I'd pay the normal price, or he could just piss up a rope & call the cops.
he didnt like that, & lowered the bill to 20 lira.
nope. 12 lira or police, I dont care which.
I'm putting on my jacket & helmet.
finally he says, ok. 12 lira.
I tossed the money at hit feet & got on the bike.
there were several people around by this time, they all semed to agree that he was trying to screw me.
they were all shocked when I tossed the $ on the ground, one told me I shouldnt do that, as its very offensive.
I said 'well, Fuck him, trying to rip me off is very offensive to me!
anyhow, heres the cafe, the guy turned his head when the camera came out, but you can see the phone number of the cafe.
So if anyone from Turkey reads this, feel free to call him, & tell the asshole that his picture is 'all over' the internet,
and the american biker he tried to rip off has contacted the TR tourist board & reported his business. Maybe he wont rip off the next guy that comes thru.

[Motosapiens]

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awhile later, while going down the road, the bike goest pop----pop----and dies.
I pull over, & notice one of the wires is leaking a little smoke.
Turns out a wire I had used to hold one of the coils had broken, & it slipped, touched a terminal, & shorted out the other. I
grabbed a zip tie & fixed it. hit the switch, & more smoke.
shit.
fried the switch!
So I unhooked the ignition wires from the switch, twisted em together, & was back on the road.


I got to Ankara, & met up with Andi & Mehmet, who had invited me to visit.
Andi took me to visit some sites around town, but the best one was the Burger King.... a whopper! hahahah

Mehmet & Andi



We visited Attaturk's tomb, he was the leader during the revolution in the 20's, & its somewhat revered here. The tomb had a nice
museum in the bottom, but no pictures allowed.

[Motosapiens]

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honor guard, lookin over the tomb, we even got stopped before we could enter, & they were searching cars, in case someone wanted to blow up the dead guy.





they graduated from Monty Pythons institute of funny walks



then we went to the fortress above the city for lunch

[Motosapiens]

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we stopped by a market, here you can buy sacks of tobacco by the kilo
I bought a pack of Camels while in Turkey, & oddly enough, the packs here dont say 'made with American & Domestic blends'



Then I found a couple 'Mosque Clocks'
these have special alarms that go off, telling people its time to pray. and they dont buzz, they have a little speaker that plays
the 'call to prayer' itself, so its just like being near a mosque, the same quality even, sort of like a strangled cat underwater.
I put the big one in the bar at the motocamp, & the small one I will save to put under the beds of 'special guests' so they can be woken up at 4am
so they can wake up, wash their feet, & say good morning to allah.
I am sure this gesture will be much appreciated, especially after a night of drinking.....
Also, as Poly acquired a puppy while I was gone, I play it everytime I give her a bone or something, so soon whenever I play it,
she will come running (the puppy, not Poly) and I can show people that I have a muslim dog.
hehehehe



Also, I needed a new switch, we went to a guys car shop, but all he had was an old one that was a bit questionable, so I went to the Turkish
Home Depot, & got a couple light switches, one for ignition, one for lights, & now its all fixed
(this was a holiday in TR, and no auto parts stores were open)

At the car shop, we had to have some tea!



parked around the corner was this really cool old Ford Taurus from the 60's, I loved the styling

[Motosapiens]

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We stopped by a military air museum

[Motosapiens]

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I bet one of these switches would have worked good on the bike, but they would probably
frown on me removing one





had to stop by the local harley shop, of course they didnt have a switch



Monday morning, Andi, cleaned up & heading for work, & I hit the road for Istanbul