I decided to end the trip here on Cyprus and fly back home this coming week.<\/p>\n
I have traveled for almost 4 months, have come through 12 countries, cycled roughly 5000km, and am now looking forward to going back home.<\/p>\n
It was definitely an amazing trip. The hospitality and friendliness of all the people I’ve met on the way were unbelievable. The image of those countries our oh-so-righteous media paint for us is very one-sided and has little or nothing to do with the people living in those countries. For example, there is no such thing as ‘The Kurdish Problem’. There is a PKK problem, no doubt. But not every Kurd is member of the PKK, or even sympathizes with it. And along the same lines one has to add ‘there is a Turkish government problem’.<\/p>\n
Of course, not everything was always great but other than the Azerbaijani love for honking nothing was seriously annoying for more than a few minutes. Except for the heat maybe, which peaked well above 50\u00b0C in the sun a couple of times.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The route through South-East Europe, 2540km<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The Caucasus\/Middle-Eastern part of the route, 2506km<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I decided to end the trip here on Cyprus and fly back home this coming week. I have traveled for almost 4 months, have come through 12 countries, cycled roughly 5000km, and am now looking forward to going back home. … Continue reading