Sea of green in northern Turkey (June 2023)

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).

Climbing a huge dinosaur back (June 2023)

Bengelchen (aka Cindy) came up with the idea to climb a massive ridge close to the Ararat.

It was a fantastic hike with big climbing sections. I don’t know if I ever climbed something that steep before without a harness etc.

But it felt super good. But at one point, in the middle of our descent, I had to take a break to center myself again. For a moment I had felt pretty lost or stressed.

You can see the tour on Komoot.