Somewhere between Thessaloniki and Kavala, I missed the highway exit and the road took me about 20 kilometers inland. I wanted to camp on the seaside but there weren’t any roads on the map. However, there seemed to be a thin road barely visible over the mountains. I decided to take it. After a few kilometers, I arrived at a hut where the road seemed to disintegrate. I took a few uncertain turns and found it again. Climbing further up, this time I ended up near a TV antenna tower. Apparently, the road existed for the construction of this tower and did not continue beyond it. Then I heard some goat bells and followed the sound. The shepherd was quite surprised to see me. I explained him where I wanted to go and he gave me directions. All in sign language… I told him my name and asked his. He said “Tanrı”, which means God in most Asian languages. I followed his directions and found the road that took me towards the sea. Campgrounds in Greece are mostly on the seaside. They cater to locals who want to spend the weekends. It didn’t exactly feel like heaven, but I found a nice place to spend the night. There were a few other RV’s and tents scattered around. I took a swim, had a shower, cooked something to eat and retired to my tent. Before I fell into sleep, a funny paranoia entertained me. I could be dead! I wouldn’t have known if it were a sudden accident on the freeway. The ascend towards the mountain, the shepherd and the heavenly campground I ended up all made perfect sense… I wouldn’t mind it as long as I could keep on riding tomorrow.
11 Comments
1 Ozan Karakoc wrote:
Whaaat if goood waaas one of uuus… 🙂
2 Baran Ozcaylan wrote:
Erdem ! bu kadar guzel anlatilan baska bir seyahatname ( yol notu ,hatira ,blog falan yeterli gelemedi tanimlama icin !!) okumadim .
Bunu mutlaka kitap haline getir ve bana da bi tane imzala lutfen …
Keyifli yazilarini ve sense of humorunu gorunce orta amerika turuna gidemedik diye iyice uzuluyorum …
Ride safe ,be safe
Yolun acik olsun arkadasim …
Baran ozcaylan
3 Erdem Yucel wrote:
Yine gideriz Baran… Sağolasın.
Kitap biraz zor. Blog formatından kitaba geçmek için başka türden bir bütünlük gerekir diye düşünüyorum. Ama becerebilirsem dönüşte denerim. Uğraşmak isterim bununla.
4 Doa wrote:
Yolda karşına Tanrı bile çıksa yanından geçer gidersin…
5 Andrey Sobolev wrote:
Dude! congrats with meeting God! And as far as your coordinates show you’ve reached Turkey, so congrats with this as well man!!! haha its became my hobby to check your daily progress and than see with googlemaps, and remember, the roads I want to drive on))
Andrey from Reading
6 Serhat wrote:
en son Mediterranean’da iken bloglarini okuduydum. son birkac ayda yazdiklarin, soylediklerin, kayit ettiklerinle sen de bircok kisinin yuzune gulucuk konduruyorsun. yolun acik ola. tanri’ya ve de tanrilar’a selamlar. 🙂
7 flaneur wrote:
sonunda vidyoları izleyebileceğim sağlam bağlantısı olan bir yerdeyim ve rezilsin erdem! üşenmedin mi kamerayı ayarlayıp önünden sürüp sonra geri gelip kamerayı almaya : )
8 MEHMET LARCIN wrote:
Erdem, ya su senin motordaki kodun anlami nedir ben cikaramadim da 🙂
RTW 314559 neyi temsil ediyor ? ? 🙂
9 Erdem Yucel wrote:
RTW “Riding The World” veya “a’Round The World” olarak okunabilir.
314559 ise benim kişisel numaram. Yaklaşık 18 yıldır kullanıyorum. Anlam vermeden özelleştirmek veya kişiselleştirmek istediğim şeylerin üstüne yazıyorum. Motorsikletim de öyle birşey.
10 Kismetim2 wrote:
Guzel Misir ekmegi ye.
11 erginbay wrote:
super bir tur abicim, tebrik ederim, sen yuksek ihtimal hatirlamassin ama ben seni okuldan hatirladim, bilkentten. gorunce cok mutlu oldum tebrik ederim, yolun acik olsun. 🙂