Turkey

We had a nice breakfast (and a great cup of tea) in Alexandroupoli and then drove to the border along the small Coastal roads passing lots of birds of prey and a military aerodrome with hundreds of soldiers out to attention armed with bazookas!

The Turkish border took 3 hours, £10 and €5 each to get through (including half an hour for lunch which was another €5 each come to think of it!)

We rode towards Istanbul with flashes of Albania at times as the road broke up and then stopped on the outskirts to find our bearings. Some very friendly guys at a carwash cleaning a motorbike gave some pointers, a cup of tea and then guided us to the centre - fantastic.

We found our hotel as it was beginning to rain and the porter carried all our bags upstairs for us!

Went out for an expensive night on the town and tomorrow we head North to Bulgaria.

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