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Samsun – Ozurgeti, 21.11-5.12.2016, 6917km | Along The Black Sea Coast II

Wednesday December 7th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**Turkish Hospitality and Summer in Winter** On Monday, 21st Nov, I left Atakum after a delicious lunch with Serkan and met with my initial host in the evening. That's why I spent the night in Samsun - on a children's playground in a park at the seaside. So on Tuesday…

Istanbul – Samsun, 10.11-20.11.2016, 6140km | Along the Black Sea Coast I

Sunday November 27th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**Or four times climbing Mt. Everest** It was sunny and warm when I left Istanbul after two weeks on Thursday, 10th Nov. I just cycled with shorts and shirt - the weather was perfect. Although I only started at noon I did more than 100km and slept the night in…

Chornomorske – Odessa – Lymanske (Ukraine), 2248km, 25.6 – 30.6

Friday July 29th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**A special spirit is literally growing in the church** On Saturday morning I rode back to Odessa again since I found a Couchsurfing host called Volodymyr and his wife. After a small second breakfast we walked a bit through the old town and city centre and to the stadium because…

Tiraspol – Black Sea (Chornomorske, Ukraine), 1983km, 20.6 – 24.6

Friday July 15th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**Eating while being eaten by vampires** By the time I wanted to see Black Sea. I got the information that north-west of Odessa, half-way between it and Tiraspol there should be an abandoned nuclear power plant near Teplodar. Of course I had to check this info out. It was also…

Ermoclia (Moldova), 5.5 – 11.5

Tuesday May 17th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**Easter of the Dead** On Friday I hitchhiked towards Moldova. Through Couchsurfing I had been invited by A. to a ceremony on Monday called 'Easter of the Dead' (or commemoration day) where dead relatives were commemorated. The village of A.'s parents (Ermoclia) was about 780km away from Sosnivka so if…