Day 163 Sept 19 Wed - Istanbul to Abandon Petrol Station Camp in Silivri

Sunset at camp
Abandon mosque and petrol truck at the station
Abandon petrol station
The facilities still looked quite new- what a waste!
I was quite tempted to sleep on this bed but decided to camp at the side

Fishing boats of Buyuk Cekmece


Roadside water tap
Abandon petrol Station camp - noticed the cupboard used as my kitchen table

A turkish plane preparing landing in Istanbul International Airport -Havalimani
Buyuk Cekmece seaside
Buyuk Cekmece seaside
Scrapped plane as decoration near the beach side
Buyuk Cekmece seaside

Today's Distance: 98 km
Today's Temp: 20 - 27c
Average Speed: 16.1 max:64
Time on Bike: 6 hr 06 min
Average climb: 2% max: 17%
Trip Altitude: 878m max: 308m
Today's spending: 15.7 ytl
Total Distance to date: 10495km
Total spending to date:665.66 ytl

So much talks about the bad terrible traffic jam of Istanbul especially for cyclists were advised not to ride into the city. But as I found out on this morning, no problem if you have a city map and follow the coast. Don't attempt to do a city ride, the many crowded lanes inter crossing each others were full of shops and peoples. You can take the LRT or just by foot as what I did, most tourist attractions are within walking distance. I am still on D-100 road along the coast,passing by the Havalimani International Airport and major seaside towns like Kucuk Cekmece,Buyuk Cekmece and Silivri, there are all located in the valley between two hills. So you climbed hill when you leaves the town and downhill approaching the town. Campsite tonight at the abandon petrol station that included a mosque and a petrol truck.It seemed business in Turkey not that good after all!