Cycle through Turkey together with Dino, an Italian cyclist coming from Mongolia. It is good to have company during the long and enduring stretches along the northern Turkish coastline. The stage from Georgia to Istanbul can be divided in two completely different parts. The eastern part, where the road is flat and progress fast and the western part, where the street goes up and down all the time. Right in the middle lays the historic town of Sinop which is, with its city wall and harbour definitely worth a visit.

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The road along the Black Sea is very scenic, especially the western part, which shows less traffic as well. But super hard from the cycling point of view. We have several days just reaching 65km at sunset. But finally and happily we reach, better survive the ride, into Istanbul. It was a great feeling to cross the Bosporus and reach Europe!