Welcome to the “Mongol Rally Diaries” series by Benny D. These weblog posts showcase Benny D’s journeying from London to Mongolia every bit role of the legendary Mongol Rally.
After racing at breakneck speed across Western Europe together with the Balkans its fourth dimension to larn inwards Asia. H5N1 quick tiffin inwards Hellenic Republic together with it’s fourth dimension to cross the edge into Turkey.
At the duty-free store halfway across, nosotros encounter 2 immature Russian hitchhikers who bespeak mortal to give them a elevator across the edge every bit y'all tin solely cross past times car.
To the entertainment of the edge guards they are crammed into the dorsum topographic point amongst all of our luggage together with theirs. It’s relatively piece of cake to larn into Turkey apart from the €85 nosotros bespeak to pay for auto insurance.
We drib the boys at the plow off for Istanbul together with caput southward crossing the Marmara direct on the Gelibolu coast, unopen to Anzac Cove. By nightfall nosotros honour a packed campground inwards the pocket-size hamlet of Erdek.
Our commencement nighttime inwards Turkey is spent nether the stars waking past times the seaside for thirty Turkish Lira. Second day’s goal is the town of the Denizli where nosotros receive got organised to remain amongst a couch surfing host.
After driving simply about inwards circles for a pair of hours, Ugur meets us at a local mall which nosotros solely larn by to honour amongst the assistance of a local who leads us at that topographic point past times making us follow his auto for 10 minutes.
Ugur is the ultimate host together with cooks us dinner together with shares beers amongst us earlier inviting some friends over who are likewise role of a Turkish couch surfing community of sorts. Together nosotros verbalise over the political province of affairs inwards Turkey together with they enquire me how it looks from the outside.
I tell them, to hold upwards honest it doesn’t await good, but assure them that I experience rattling safe. The Turkish people receive got been naught less than gracious hosts.
The argue nosotros chose Denizli is that it is unopen to Pamukkale which is where nosotros caput the rattling adjacent morning. After checking out the amazing calcite baths nosotros striking the highway together with brand rattling proficient fourth dimension towards the hamlet of Goreme together with the human being made houses built into stone formations simply about Cappadocia.
We right away honour somewhere to campsite correct inwards the middle of town together with talking to the locals it’s apparent that unusual visitors are avoiding the province due to the recent negative intelligence reports, together with this inwards plow affects all the local tourism operators.
The locals all the same are soundless enjoying their summertime together with nosotros sit down amongst them nether a myriad of stars at a local eating theatre together with relish a feast similar something direct out of an Arabian fairytale listening to the sounds of the telephone telephone to prayer echo through the streets.
Turkey is a big province but nosotros cross inwards less than iv days. It’s dual highway nearly everywhere until nosotros make Trabzon inwards the north. The edge crossing at Batumi volition eventually receive got us 3 hours, generally lined upwards to go out Turkey every bit opposed to beingness held upwards past times Georgian customs.
Throughout this trip I receive got been constantly amazed past times the geographical changes that receive got identify every bit y'all cross from i province into some other but naught could compare to the physical differences I noticed every bit shortly every bit nosotros left Turkey together with entered Georgia.
There were roadside stalls amongst erstwhile ladies selling soup nether the shade of eucalyptus trees, people walking simply about the streets inwards bathing suits drinking beer together with all mode of livestock wandering out from the lush countryside.
For me it was simply such a stark contrast to the Lego vogue storey buildings seemingly transplanted inwards the middle of the desert together with hijab covered women of eastern Turkey.
The excogitation had been to caput to the mountains of Georgia but instead nosotros cease upwards inwards the town of the Kudasi together with campsite on someone’s lawn at a homestay inwards a pocket-size village.
We’re fed similar kings together with warm to the beautiful simplicity of this province instantly. The working capital missive of the alphabet Tbilisi would receive got to hold upwards i of the world’s most underrated destinations. Along its leafy greenish avenues at that topographic point are beautifully restored Soviet-era buildings beside crumbling storey blocks together with a grungy authenticity dissimilar whatever other identify I’ve been.
With its unique linguistic communication together with culture, spectacular cathedrals, its ain alphabet together with style, Georgia actually is a remarkable destination. Two nights was sure non enough. But nosotros must force on to Republic of Azerbaijan together with the working capital missive of the alphabet Baku where nosotros receive got read that the ferry to cross the Caspian Sea volition hold upwards quite a hard proposition.
The edge command guards hither are rattling thorough together with the procedure to larn through is slow. The vehicle together with all our luggage are searched past times uniformed guards together with although the Visa inwards our passport states that nosotros tin remain for upwards to xv days, we’re told the vehicle tin solely remain inwards the province for 3 days.
Not far over the edge the engine lite of our trivial cerise Ford comes on together with nosotros lose a pregnant amount of power. The drive to Baku is dull together with nosotros larn inwards belatedly into the night. Despite the problems amongst the auto nosotros ascension early on to drive to the port together with elbow grease to larn a ticket to cross from Baku to Aktau inwards Kazakhstan.
At i port we’re told to drive dorsum to the metropolis to become to some other port. At this port we’re told nosotros must drive 60 kilometres southeast of Baku to some other port where a ferry leaves for Aktau. The occupation is that at that topographic point is no regular ferry together with y'all must buy your ticket on the twenty-four hr menstruum the ferry is due to depart because at that topographic point are solely hence many berths on each boat.
Eventually we’re permit through the gates to the port of Alat where nosotros honour other Ralliers camped out waiting for the adjacent boat. Apparently most of them got hither yesterday together with they had solely simply missed the boat the twenty-four hr menstruum earlier but I’ve been told that at that topographic point volition hold upwards some other i soon.
No i has a ticket together with no i tin actually ascertain whatever concrete information. I’d similar to become dorsum to Baku together with larn some operate done on the auto but nosotros produce upwards one's hear to hold off at the port together with hopefully larn some repairs done when nosotros eventually brand it to Aktau, Kazakhstan.
Enjoying the story? Stay tuned for Benny’s adventures inwards the third week of the Mongol Rally as he travels amongst Penny from Republic of Azerbaijan to Republic of Kazakhstan
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