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Sulaymaniyah – Sanandaj – Kermanshah – Hamadan – Tehran, 22.2 – 11.3.2017, 8891km

Saturday August 19th, 2017Monday January 15th, 2018 by J. O'Hannes

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**Woken by Kurdish Intelligence** To the Iraqi-Iranian border is around 100km away from Sulaymaniyah. Since I started at noon, it was clear that I wouldn’t arrive until next day. In addition the border crossing is in the mountains and I wasn’t able to cycle fast anymore. At around 5pm I…

Silopi – Erbil, 6.2 – 9.2.2017, 8066km

Saturday June 17th, 2017Monday January 15th, 2018 by J. O'Hannes

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**Horrifying road in Iraq** So I left Ridvan and Silopi at the beginning of the week. I planned to visit the town of Amedi and two monasteries and the two cities of Erbil and Sulaymaniah in Iraq. But first I needed the cycle the last 15km on Turkish soil and…

Erzurum – Silopi, 26.1 – 31.1.2017, 7787km

Monday February 20th, 2017Monday January 15th, 2018 by J. O'Hannes

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**50 Shades Of White** The road was calling again and while the temperature had pleasant -5°C I left Erzurum on Thursday, January 26th, towards the Iraqi border and into the unknown. Because the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs writes the following about the Kurdish region in Turkey: "Travelling into the…

Ozurgeti – Erzurum, 6.1-25.1.2017, 7317km

Sunday February 5th, 2017Monday January 15th, 2018 by J. O'Hannes

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**Literally through mountains** On Wednesday, January 4th, it was time to say good-bye to family, friends and Berlin. I flew with Ryanair to Sofia and on the next day continued to Kutaisi. There I got a free bottle of excellent Georgian wine together with my stamp. After 2 nights at…

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…

Thassos – Istanbul, 19.10-04.11.2016, 5199km

Saturday November 5th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**Welcome to Asia** Before I left Thassos on Sunday, 21. Oct, I went on a small hiking trip and then enjoyed cycling flat roads. In Thassos I passed marble quarries and Thassos' marble is considered among the whitest in the world. Mostly I followed the coastline and the night from…

Bucharest – Bulgaria – Thassos, 6.10-18.10.2016, 4657km

Saturday October 22nd, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**Welcome autumn, welcome rain** On Thursday, 6th October, after 3.5 weeks home in Berlin with some hitchhiking trips, I returned to Bucharest. Until Monday when I left I went out with Sorin – to friends of his, bars and a concert. On 10th October it was on again: I packed…

Brasov – Bucharest, 3988km, 1.9 – 12.9.2016

Thursday September 22nd, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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After finishing Transfagarasan I planned to visit Brasov. Cycling was very nice because the quality of the road was really good so I could cycle fast. But the best was definitely the smell of the nature: The approaching autumn gabe its odour to the falling leaves and on the other…

Transalpina & Transfagarasan, 3633km, 26.8 – 31.8.2016

Thursday September 8th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**Up, up and up** As mentioned in the previous post I didn't find any place to stay in Sibiu. So I decided to drive around this town taking the Transalpina from North to South and Transfagarasan from South to North. It would be exhausting but my curiosity won. A good…

Targu Mures – Cluj – Alba Iulia, 3169km, 19.8 – 25.8.2016

Monday September 5th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**A little tour to little towns** On Friday, 19th August, I spent the morning with some maintenance of my bicycle. I changed the break that we only on 30% when I started in Berlin could have made some 100km more, oiled the chain, checked the screws and fixed the gear…

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