10. Goodbye peaceful Turkey, we are off to Syria!

We have cruised in the mountains and on the highways of Turkey to arrive at the border with Syria. Time to say goodbye to a great country.

 

Both Kosta and I love it. People are friendly, the general atmosphere is just great, water is provided for free along the side of the roads.  It is the country of water heating solar systems on the roof and thousands of little supermarkets. A place were 2 street lanes are used as 3, where the emergency lane is used as the slow lane. A country with numerous petrol stations, where you can get your car washed for free. Most of all, a country that has given us a thousand smiles. The only thing I find a shame is the rubbish. And the Turks don’t have any excuse for that. You see bins everywhere! They are ruining superb places to enjoy your day because they are too lazy to pick up the trash and throw it in the bin 10 meters further.  And oh yes, like in all countries we’ve crossed so far the price of diesel has not made us smile once. 

A couple of snapshots of great moments in Turkey:

On the cemetery of Konya… life and death as close as they can be

A landing spot for helicopters on the campground near Istanbul