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Saturday, March 19, 2022

We are sticking with our original plan

We didn't really do very much yesterday, except we spent a lot of time with Duygu  and Timmy talking about the many things to see and do in this area, as well as talking about their road trip to India and looking at some photos and telling stories. 

Although, Ruth did go with them to the fabric guy to buy the material for the covers for Max's dinette seats. I was feeling the need for an afternoon nap, so I stayed behind and did just that!

And she bought the material... it came to a total of 90 lira ($7.75 CAD, $6.00 USD) for three meters of material. For now, Ruth thinks she can do the elastic and sewing stuff by hand and make them to fit herself. 

Timmy, Esme, and Duygu.

Group selfie!

I can't believe it's Saturday again already. And it's the 19th, so we are pretty much 2/3 of the way through our time in Turkiye. 

With the information that has been provided by Timmy and Duygu, we now have a plan for our remaining time.

As much as we would have liked to continue further east, the weather in that area has been unseasonably cold. Friends Katja and Yves (who we traveled with on and off when we entered Turkiye) have now crossed into northern Iraq. And while we are  a little jealous, they went through quite a lot of snow and cold to get there. It's just not going to happen for us on this trip. 

So we are sticking with our original plan, which was to make it as far as the Syrian border.

We have about 200 kms (120 miles) to go.

So we will make it another 200 or so kms east to the area around Antakya which is about 20 kms (12 miles) from the Syria border. There's lots to see and do in that area. Then, around the end of the month things will start to warm up in the interior of Turkiye and we will head to Cappadocia. Again, there is lots to see and do in that area, and we need to make it to the Bulgaria border by April 20th, and of course we want to spend some time in Istanbul as well.

So, there will be a few long driving days in April...

Our approximate route to the Bulgaria border in April.

But for today, we are heading inland north, but only about 25 kms to a lake that is supposed to be really pretty.

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And in Canada...

7 comments:

  1. how lovely to have spent time with fellow motor-home enthusiasts and get good local advice on where to go. Casus spiritus numquam moritur.

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    1. The fall of the spirit never dies?

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    2. As we have said before, one of the best things about travel is meeting people along the way, whether it be other travelers or locals. We always learn something new when we do. They are certainly a very adventurous couple, definitely more so than us.

      And no, just because we aren't doing what we wanted to do our spirit won't die, there is always the next time, at least I think that is what you are referring to.

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  2. I took Latin for 3 years but dont know what that means.

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    1. Robert has it correct "The fall of the spirit never dies".

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  3. oh wow. What a great route for your rv camper. Did you had some challenges crossing the Syria border?

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    1. We did not and are not crossing into Syria, we are just going to be very close to the border. The border between Syria and Turkiye is closed so we would not be allowed to cross into Syria, so we will be going to within 20 km (12.5 mi) of the border and then we will be turning around and heading back west as we make our way out of Turkiye by April 20th and into Bulgaria.

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