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After spending the night with the highway crew, I set off early in the morning with Nicholas. We’ll continue towards Torres Del Paine in Chile. The border cross was close to the place where the highway crew was staying, about 20 km or less. Before coming to the Argentinean border…
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After I left Hugo’s house I rode back for 14 km on the direction I came to O’Higgens and entered the Paso Rio Mayer route. I really don’t like to ride back the road I came, doesn’t matter if it is 14 km or only 1 km but there isn’t…
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Carretera Austral is the legendary road of Patagonia in Chile. This 1240 km long road starts from Puerto Montt and ends in the town O’Higgins. In 2017 winter 60 % of this road was paved. I’m sure the rest will be paved because construction work was continuing in that…
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After leaving Bariloche, I returned to Chile on an amazing route and was slowly advancing on the Todos Los Santos Lake watching the spectacular view of the Osorno Mountain. I’m on my own in the boat. As I had mentioned in my previous article, there aren’t many people traveling…
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The geography and the quality of the road changed dramatically when I crossed Paso Mamuil pass from Pucon Chile to Argentine. While riding under rain on a good paved road on the Chilean side, entering Argentine at the other side of the mountain it was sunny and I started…
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After I left Maria and her family’s house, I ride towards Temuco. It was very easy to find a place to camp along the way. Besides there were also cheap trailer parks called Hosteria on the roadsides in Chile. Before arriving to Temuco, Onur and Ayfer, who had…
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We set off early in the morning from our Santiago Embassy. I had met Engin Kaban in Turkey while riding through Izmir. He came to the presentation I was giving to the cycling enthusiasts and said: “Gurkan I’ll catch up with you somewhere in the world”. He also published…
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One day before my visa was due to expire I met Ali in Cape Town thanks to Kerem and Aysel. My plan taking a flight to Lusaka/Zambia (there I had friends) without my bags and then back seemed the best. By this way I could solve the visa problem.…
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14 I passed through the border gate of Lesotho to South Africa. At the border, I handed my passport waiting for the stamp applied valid for one month. It is allowed to stay one month without a visa in South Africa. The officer: You have already entered South Africa twice…
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A short bike tour in Swaziland It was easy to enter Swaziland. Anyway, till now at any border in Africa nobody said: “Hey! Stop! Let me see what you have in your bags”. After the border cross, there was a man selling prepaid GSM cards near the gate. The…
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While listening to Hans Zimmer I was about to close my eyes but then immediately reopened them. Formerly, closing my eyes I used to make a long journey throughout my memories back to the beginning for long minutes. Yet, I started getting lost among my memories. Now, it comes…
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Hello, welcome to Algeria Hello, welcome to Morocco Hello, welcome to my country Oman Welcome to Ukraine Have a nice riding in Bulgaria. Welcome to Japan (By the way Japan is still number one among the countries I have traveled in on my bike so far.) …………… ………. …. The…
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I passed the Chilean border easily. The customs officer neither put my panniers in to X-ray nor opened them to take look. They only let the dog sniff my bicycle. Nobody was curious about what I was carrying in my bags. I knew that normally it wasn’t so easy,…
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I turned around and waved goodbye to Ismail for the last time at the airport checkpoint in South Africa. Wow, how fast the time had passed. Days passed by leaps and bounds. I have been traveling for so many years but still get astonished. This is one of the beauties…
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I crossed from Zambia to Botswana on ferry which took about 10 minutes. Three countries meet at this point: Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. The ferry service is provided free of charge. There is an incredible long vehicle line since the ferry is able to transfer only one truck at a…
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