capper, Kaper, Kappy... bugger it- the middle of Turkey!

well I'm pretty hopeless at this so far! it just seems like such a hassel to leave the sun and look at a screen.

After a marathon sprint accross Europe we've finally crossed into Turkey. On the way we've seen dancing horses, got drunk in bars hıdden in ruined buildings, been caving and stayed ın a hostel that offers free beer (always magicaly full despite being in Romania)

We spent a few days in İstanbul whatching Australians commemorate Gallıpoli the traditional way by getting roaring drunk, stripping naked and pissing in the street. I also had a turkish bath whıch was a strange experiance, a bit like being beat up but a good way to exfoliate.

Anyway we're spending rather longer in internet cafe's than I'd like as China has thrown us a bit of a curve ball and changed its visa rules so we cant get in. We've decided to be bloody minded and just have a go but have had to be creative and come up with alternative plans- Bıshkek airport not really being a hub for anywhere has meant exploring the underbelly of the worlds airline industry for ways out.

We're just about to leave Goreme in Central Turkey which is a weird place that was featured in a Starwars film- not sure which one though. Anyway we went hot air balloning this morning at sunrise which was increadible and the landscape looks like another world. We had a slightly hairy landing which involved crossing a motorway at a height of 2m. Cars changed lanes to avoid us and honked and waved as we slowly careered accross the road.

hope everyone is good at home, There's loads to see in Turkey but as its still within Easyjet range we're going to move on to Georgia and come back for the beaches on another trip

over and out

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not sure what your meant to write in the first post but here goes

have quit my job, sold/thrown out half of what I own and stored the rest with the folks, I have a fistful of visa's, a bag full of guidebooks and a train tickets as far as Viena. The plan is to fly out of Hong Kong to Auz on my birthday towards the end of September and then back to the UK with 2 months to explore southern India. Should be fun