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Fairy tales and magical beasts

Floating above our tent. We are woken by the gentle roar of magical beasts. Around 100 hot air balloons, blasts of the burners as they float directly overhead. This is our second morning, a repeat of the experience does not diminish my excitement, the magic as they rise with the …

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Ihlara Valley Turkey

Camping in the grounds of a petrol station, close to Ihlara Valley in Turkey we wake at 5.30am planning to ride in during the coolness of the morning. The earlier perhaps the more atmospheric the light for what we assume will be spectacular. The valley was recommended as the slightly …

Dogs and pepper spray?

I can’t get the lid off the pepper spray. Li says its ok! Ok for me to exit the tent! Midnight we are woken by the sound of a motorbike…..headlight…..it stops directly by the door. I am terrified…..why would anyone approach a lone tent in the middle of the night? …

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Turkey has almost broken me.

Turkey has almost broken me. Day 2 out of Istanbul. Around 40 degrees and the mountains become steep. Close to tears….not due to the beauty this time….self loathing and doubt. Li rides ahead and I push. I can’t push, 5 steps….rest….there is no rest…there is no shade….it’s too hot. A …

Raging nature

We were resorted to pushing our bikes, our luggage, downhill! The damn wind, it terrified me, all over the road, standing still on the verge, trucks sucked us into their air stream. A straight line was impossible. At first we pushed on the incline, then unnerved, wobbling, on the flats, …