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e made it!’ This ow so simple sentence has become an important part of our journey. After each border crossing there was this moment of ‘hallelujah’. We expected the worst for entering the EU, driving an (unknown) Chinese car, especially after our Turkey customs experience where literally the car was inspected inside-out! However, the EU was very welcoming to us, …
fter 73 days 24/7 together we both felt the urge to ‘not be together’ for a day. No, this doesn’t mean our friendship is over, some people even call it ‘bromance’, but we felt the need to spend a day alone in this big city. At 8pm we met up again and had a lot of stories to share with …
alking business again with the very passionate Mrs. Turan, professor in urban planning at Ozyegin University in Istanbul. While Istanbul seems to be a tourist oasis, she provided us with an insight into the lives and struggles of the citizens of Istanbul. We also used this day to explore this bustling metropolis and were overwhelmed by the amount of people. …
stanbul, where Asia meets Europe. We made it across the Bosphorus bridge and drove now officially from one continent to the other! We are super excited to discover this metropolis of 15 million people that always has been on the crossroads of cultures and people.
weeping views across this youthful, vibrant city of 5 million people!
istances are finally becoming smaller and after a relaxing 3 hour drive our next destination was reached: Ankara! We met up with the inspiring local distributors of BYD in Turkey and enjoyed our first night out since a long time.
hile these photos look like renderings, these are actually real! Being in the air with a 100+ other hot air balloons made this a truly memorable and fantastic experience!
appadocia is a geological oddity, fashioned through volcanic ash, moulded by millennia of rain and river flow, is equally matched by the human history here. People have long utilized the region’s soft stone, seeking shelter underground, leaving the countryside scattered with rock-cut churches of early Christians, cavernous refuges, and villages half-burrowed into the earth itself. Today we had a quick …
omehow, we expected Turkey to be more populous, with more medium size cities and villages. However, on our 1020 km drive from the Iranian-Turkish border to Cappadocia in central Turkey, through the heartland of this country, we experienced a lot of emptiness and amazing scenery again. In the evening we arrived in Cappadocia, in the city of Goreme to be …
e regret a bit that we need to leave behind this fascinating country with its hospitable people and amazing landscapes. Iran, you really amazed us and we hope to visit you soon again in the near future!