weeping views across this youthful, vibrant city of 5 million people!
Day 70 – Cappadocia to Ankara
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.
Day 69 – Cappadocia hot air balloon
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!
Day 68 – Cappadocia
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 …
Day 67 – Dogubayazit to Cappadocia
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 …
Day 66 – Iran to Turkey
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!
Day 65 – Tabriz
ogier is making his first purchase at the Tabriz Bazaar in his pursuit to become ‘Pirates of the Caribbean Johnny Depp’. Hmmm, what’s still missing? A beard, mustache, long hair, tattoos and oh wait, the really incredible accent?
Day 64 – Esfahan to Tabriz
xhausted we arrived in the evening in Tabriz, north-west Iran. Today we drove 900 km between these two large cities.
Day 63 – Esfahan, Iran
day of chillin’ after all the excitement and driving of the past days.
Day 62 – Esfahan BYD event
magine: driving on the second largest square in the world, a Unesco World Heritage Site too, with no other cars around! That’s what happened to us in Esfahan. It was magical, unrealistic and wonderful!