In the morning we visited Batumi under the day light, very nice along the sea promenade and new buildings. Again we were granted a sunny day with a forecast for a very hot one.
Left Batumi we reach the Georgia/Turkey border after few km. It took only half an hour to clear all formalities and cross the Turkey border, the only real problem were all the additional customs stamps on our precious passport pages. The Turkey roads are good and we rode at good speed on a highway along the Black Sea reaching Sansum at 16.00 hours having ridden 553 km. Wevstayed at the Hotel Tuana on the shore of the black sea. The original plan called for a swim in the sea but, well the water was not looking so inviting, thus we spend the afternoon resting, doing some dirty washing before sitting down for a good dinner at the hotel. Being still Ramadan not alcohol was served but thanks to a waiter instructions we got some beer from a supermarket and we were allowed to drink it at the table during dinner. Starting from today no more Georgia money, 1 Lari= 0.45 Euro, we are now spending the Turkish Lira= 0.35 Euro and start paying European prices for gasoline what a shock after the cheap prices in Russia and Georgia.
Tomorrow long transfer leg 740 km to Istanbul hoping it will not be a hot day.
Today we made 553 km for a total of 3347 since the start of our trip back home.
Lamps
Leg # 6 return : Batumi(Georgia) - Samun (Turkey) 553 km
Batumi : the Rimini of the Black Sea
Batumi : Modern architecture
Turkish border : easy operations
Welcome to Turkey : good road in front of us
Two "Marchigiani " thinking to "Conero"
The promenade in Samsun in front of the Hotel Tuana
Fishing in the Black Sea at the sunset
Young people today in Turkey
The clandestine toast
A good cigar helps the planning for tomorrow
2 comments:
Cigars and piva eh - now you are all starting to relax ! The money is still rolling in plus Baker Hughes has just advised they will take care go the Aksai School No: 5 shower room requirements which is excellent news. So keep up the good work boys and take care !
Love the photos. Fantastic journey. Ciao to all.
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