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At the end I set off for the Word Tour. Will be back after 7 years :)
Gürkan GençWe are having breakfast with my brother, father and mother the last time before I set off for the World Tour for seven years. We talk about routines as usual and also about my tour. If Gurkan Genc ventures forth such a huge tour...
I stepped on desert in Bulgaria
Dude! Are you kidding me? What desert? On top of it, in Bulgaria, the country just next to us? This subject is to be cleared in the upcoming chapters of this article I always get stressed at the border passes. Melih, Furkan and Sercan...
Two friends, pedal together after two years
– Gurkan I’ll accompany you on your travel through North Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova till Ukraine. Then we’ll see how it comes. – Wow. And I was so pleased to be a solo cyclist. – I won’t come if you don’t want me! –...
I smile and continue my own way…
There are no customs or any other controls at the German Danish border for the present. J I say for the present because the Danish Government may start to control border crosses in a close future. Denmark is not a member of...
Traveling around the world
We arrived to the town Ruse in the evening and immediately boarded Angeline in the train. You could see us leaving the city and going to the border gate in such a hurry as if we had motors. We arrived to the border, no...
I said two days, but it turned out to be eight days
I stayed for about one week with our Chisinau ambassador Mr. Selim Kartal and his family. First of all, I would like to thank them for their hospitability once more. It may look like easy from outside to present your country. Anyway, doesn’t...
What if I had smiled?
I left the border town Yash of Romania pedaling slowly through the streets. From time to time I check my route from GPS. Hey! There are two border gates, one right here very close, the other at the end of nowhere. The closer one...
Welcome to Ukraine
That day I planned to cross the border was snowing. What a luck. It just turned out right that I changed the rear tyre with the snow tyre. The upcoming days would show me whether the decision of taking only one snow tyre was...
Give me your jacket, I give you my best cow
Well I entered Ukraine but now not able to ride even 1 km. Last evening as I was pushing my bicycle inside I embedded the rear derailleur and the cassette into the snow and then forgot to clean while chatting with people. Now...
One day I might also fall down! But not during this tour…..
I’m walking through the city, it is bitterly cold. I don’t know why I’m feeling so cold. I shouldn’t be but my teeth are chattering. There are many interesting buildings, let me take their photos. This place over here is also nice, worth...
The rope had had to crack
Listen what I am saying! The rope did not break, it cracked….. After passing the Kiev signboard, I pedaled approximately 24 km towards to the city centre. While pedaling towards to downtown Kiev something caught my attention. I entered the city from...
Russia is on vacation, Gurkan
Wow, how wonderful I slept. I am going to Russia on sleeper train. I am sure we are approaching the station, everyone gets prepared. As they had seen me awakening, they gave me some food. The woman attendant brought some tea right...
New goals, new destinations should always be…
It was good to be in Russia at New Year. There were no entrance fees for museums during this period, for instance. J So, people from all around the country came to visit museums. The museums are also popular with junior students. By the...
Russia is over, for the time being (!)… The next country Finland
It is cold and dark outside. It is 5 am and I’m right in front of the hotel. Two drunk men passing by are speaking to each other in a rough Russian accent. I have one of the men’s eyes, he stares at...
I am just going to the Arctic Circle and then turn back…
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