Turkey Part 3

Turkey Part 3

Turkey Part 3 26th September We leave Fethiye and head for Ankara, saying farewell to my Dad and Pam over a nice roast beef dinner. We leave at 6:40pm, anticipating that the drive to Ankara will take about 10 hours. Along the route, again, some of the roads are...

Turkey Part 1

TURKEY     29 August – 5th September 29th August Crossing the border from Greece to Turkey, we arrive to find border guards with large assault rifles.  We have our vehicle checked and registered, pay for visas, insurances stamped and we are off into Turkey.  Car...

Greece

GREECE 19th August We head for Preveza on the coast.  It’s starting to get dark and we still have not found anywhere to pull up yet.  After trying a few apartments and dealing with the language barriers, we eventually find a campsite where the owner makes us a...

Montenegro & Albania

MONTENEGRO & ALBANIA 18th August We cross into Montenegro and stop at the border crossing where we buy a green card for €15.  We pass Kotor Bay, as we drive slowly down a single carriage road, stuck in a huge traffic jam.  When we eventually get going, we notice...

Croatia

CROATIA 11TH August We drive from Italy to the Slovenian border, heading towards Croatia; the road from Slovenia to Northern Croatia is only about 20 to 30min, with uneventful border crossings. As we enter the country we head to the coast near Opatija; although...