Middle East

Bahrain 300 169 Gürkan Genç
Bahrain
Qatar 300 169 Gürkan Genç
Qatar

  Bahrain-Qatar flight time is around 30 minutes. There is almost no time between departure and landing. When I came to my seat two women dressed in abaya (a loose black robe worn by Muslim women) were sitting next to my seat. As soon as they saw me they called…

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United Arab Emirates 300 169 Gürkan Genç
United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates Saturday, October 10th, 2015   The border crossing at UAE was not as usual. The first officer noticing me on bike got surprised and then directed me to a building, telling me that I have to go there. By the way, the distance between Saudi Arabia-UAE border…

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I wish I could have pedaled longer in Oman. Maybe the next time 300 169 Gürkan Genç
I wish I could have pedaled longer in Oman. Maybe the next time

  It’ll really knock my socks off if I’ll only go once just the usual way through a border, just once…. Dude, where is the Oman customhouse!? I need to have a stamp on my passport but there isn’t any border gate. I’ve left UAE. Well, I can ride back…

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Obligatory return from Kenya to Oman : ) 300 169 Gürkan Genç
Obligatory return from Kenya to Oman : )

  I said that I’ll arrive in Nairobi on October 20th and I did.  I hadn’t had exerted all my strength since a long time. My legs hurt incredibly. I really don’t like to pedal to make it to a place. The Europe leg of my world tour was like…

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