Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Day 151 Sept 07 Fri - Rockcliff Camp 5km to Abana - Pine Forest Camp 2km to Doganyurt

On one of the hill peak, as usual taking a rest first b4 going down hill
What a perfect spot for a camp with running mountain icy cold water
Got to wash my sweaty clothing with tree branches as hanger
Another Meng's special- spegaties with sausage,onion,tomatos,chili powder as topping


A model house of Turkish style in front of a restaurant in Inebolu
Pulic facilities of wooden table & chair to relex beside the sea in Inebolu
Inebolu town
Looking down to the sea coast from the road

Today's Distance: 60km
Today's Temp: 20 - 28c
Average Speed: 10.5 max: 58
Time on Bike: 5 hr 43 min
Average climb: 5% max: 15%
Trip Altitude: 1046m max: 394m
Today's spending: 4 ytl
Total Distance to date: 9775km
Total spending to date:322.45 ytl


It was a day's ride with no sun light but cloudy groomy sky.The rain did not come heavy but enough to make the road slippery. I had to be extra careful when negotiating down hill corners. any mistake , you find yourself 100m down to the sea. Met 2 cyclists from Holland Erik & Cher who had cycled thru' Czechs,Hungary,Romania,Bulgaria going to Iran before taking a flight to India,China and South East Asia. We exchanged useful info. The weather up in the forest was very much cooler after the rain and when you stopped for a rest , the chilling wind blow on your wet sweaty clothing. I was shivering in cold , Brrrrrrr!!!!! By 5.30 pm ,the sky didn't look good and seemed heading for a thunderstorm . Hopefully my tent is waterproof to weather the storm.

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