We’re sitting in a campsite in the foothills near Sumela
Monastery in NE Turkey – and looking at snow. Yes, it seems that every blog post
must start with a weather report. We really thought we’d finished with snow but
here it is April 23 and it’s snowing.
Snow has now turned to sleet, this is the worst of both worlds. Colder than rain and wetter than snow - yuk. 3 degrees outside.
Last night we caught up with Odyssey Overland again - a large 4WD truck full of intrepid campers. Last night the Aussies were so miserably cold we donated our cooking wine for them to drink - they were so grateful!!
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| Odyssey Overland |
We drove up to the Sumela Monastery today, but snow closed last section
of the road and the footpath was just too treacherous, for me. Remember the
broken ankle thing? So, I’m cautious.
Despite this whinge, it was a very beautiful drive through a
veritable Christmas card. We drove back to the campsite, made some soup and
went to lunch – again. It’s all you can do in this weather.
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| Snow! |
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| Clancy of the Overflow |
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| Snow! |
I last left you in Amasra and the promised sun appeared next
day so we managed the spectacular drive along the Black Sea Coast. One day of
sun was promised and that’s what we got. The road was terrible, so it took all
day, but day 2 in the terrible weather, the road was brilliant. We ended up in
Samsun where we met an Australian woman who been living there for almost a
year. She was desperately homesick, so we had a coffee (Starbucks!!) and a
chat, and exchanged travel stories. Hi there, Dee.
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| Black Sea Coast |
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| Black Sea Coast |
The rest of coastal drive was a bit dreary through dull
towns and dismal weather.
We had planned to head into the mountains from here, but
there’s too much snow. So we’ll head back to the coast and into Georgia. Should
be OK by Saturday, Insh’Allah.
Oh and we have a new toy! We can now bore you to death with
video footage of Boris’s nose driving through parts unknown and as well as
subjecting you to blog posts and photos.
Yes, we have a GoPro!
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