Today was my first day on the road.
Being a conservative Austrian İ planned a nice and easy still challenging leg.
Plan was to climb an easy 600m and then glide along a nice river to the sea. Total 80km max.
So much for the plan :)
İt turned out to be 96km and in total 1250m ascent. This still should not by any means be too much under normal condition but with a too heavy backpack (İ need to leave some stuff - but what??) on the Turkish equivalent of torture for stupid bikers (tarmac of the nasty kind) İ almost did not make it - almost.
Especially the last pass (only 350m above sea level but starting at 4m :) is a masterpiece of Turkish engineering. Just simply to steep to cycle :)
Conclusion: İf you (or İ in this case) want to avoid a late arrival don't 1.) trust any estimation of distance of any locals and local maps and 2.) check the elevation profile all the way.
Anyway İ made it safely and happy to
Amasra which is a very nice place with two harbours and lots of tiny streets in between. Downside is that it was already to dark to take pictures when İ arrived here.
İncluding me we are talking about 110 kg...
The destination
The coast - the direction i want to head tomorrow! Lots of '
rampa'!
PS. İ got myself a beer!! :)
The ups and down of Black sea cost roads :)
Amasra in the mist...
finally out in the sun!
Spring! people tell me it is to early in the year to be here. İ could not disagree more!
Why do they always walk (or whatever turtles do) in the middle of the street. - İ rescued her/him to the side of the road!
half way!
Bodybuilders in Kurucasile.
