After we had tried to organize latex-free condoms in dozens of super markets and pharmacies, via couch surfing hosts and friends, and only found one box of latex-free condoms in eastern Turkey, we tried again to find some online.

And then we found Trendyol. It’s a big online meta shop and with this service you can pay with an international credit card, can create an account without a Turkish ID and have your orders sent to thousands of mini markets and other shops in Turkey.

I would strongly recommend checking that web service if you need to get something special in Turkey.

We continued our journey together and Cindy turned out to be not afraid when driving her van called Thor over the often demanding roads of northern Turkey.

One day, we had found a nice spot on Google Maps. It had been looking like a super nice place next to a lake. When we reached that place the track leading there turned out to be very muddy and soon Thor got stuck and we had to recover him with Rosinante. In the end we found a nice spot to stay next to the “lake” which turned out to be a swamp.

And Cindy and I developed our signature meal: wraps with vegetables and Pampe (a German word for kind of a spread for bread).