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Hey vdh-be,

I had a look at your facebook group and I must say your trip looked great.

Any particular highlights of the trip that you would recomemnd as " must see"?
Any particular lowlights that you'd advise "don't bother"?
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Hey vdh-be,

I had a look at your facebook group and I must say your trip looked great.

Any particular highlights of the trip that you would recomemnd as " must see"?
Any particular lowlights that you'd advise "don't bother"?
My highlights:
Turkey:
Capadocia, Road of stones (near Kemaliye), Nemrut Dagi, Ararat mountain, easten Turkey is great anyway
Armenia:Yerevan (for relaxing and drinking cognac),
The roads in southern Armenia
Georgia:
Military road to Kazbegi
Road to Mestia
Cave city in Vardzia
In 2009 a did an eastern europe tour of 6 weeks. So on your way back:
Greece: Meteora monasteries
Albania: from Sarande to Fier (coast way), boat trip on Lake Koman, Berat and up to Lake Ohrid
The route from Ohrid to Kosovo (near the Albanian border, it's a national park Mavrovo?)
Montenegro: everything! Bay of Kotor is a must see!
Croatia: Dubrovnik then up to Mostar in Bosnia and back in Croatia to the Plitvice lakes
Coninue back home
If you have the time this will be a GREAT trip!!!
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@vdh-be... A great trip? It would be an absolutely smashing trip.

However time constraints might limit whereabouts I can or can't get too.

Was Georgia/Armenia hard on the bikes? I see you needed new tyres; were they new tyres at the start of the trip?


In other news..... I see that there is nobody foolish enough to want to join my little expedition.

C'mon people! it might not be the very worst experience of your life.
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Roads in Georgia and Armenia are ok. Eastern Turkey had lot of road repairs. We did some offroad as well. Tyres were new (heidenau K60) but raer tyre was gone after 11000km.
Watch out for the police in Armenia, they are well equiped with speedguns and video! We had a speed ticket (city limit) but afterwords they invited us for lunch and they payed Very friendly policemen!
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@vdh-be... A great trip? It would be an absolutely smashing trip.

However time constraints might limit whereabouts I can or can't get too.

Was Georgia/Armenia hard on the bikes? I see you needed new tyres; were they new tyres at the start of the trip?


In other news..... I see that there is nobody foolish enough to want to join my little expedition.

C'mon people! it might not be the very worst experience of your life.

Hey man....

still looking for a companion?? I might be interested. I've got about 6 weeks starting early July. Rode the Balkans to Turkey 3 years ago and had a smashing trip, wouldn't mind doing it again...
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@Xander2

Howdy?

I had thought my little trip was looking doomed by a complete lack of uptake. In fact I was considering maybe going on a bicycle trip instead (notwithstanding a complete lack of aerobic fitness).

But in answer to your question, yeah. I am still on the lookout for somebody to join in the fun.

Early July would probably suit me pretty well too. Can you send me a PM (I don't have enough posts yet) with any info you think I might want to know.

Cheers

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Hi
I am new to this site but have been thinking about a long trip for 3 years possibly RTW and finally now I have time to escape this gloomy country
I am from Dublin And planning a long trip along approximately the same route leaving about start June as a a kind of test run
I was planning on traveling alone on a Gs but I am slightly worried about traveling alone in some of the Eastern companies but thought I would give it a go but it could be good to meet and travel partway
I am interested in photography and don't want to be tied to a tight schedule but free to explore and change at will
I will be attending HU meet next week in NI
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Hiya Eyecake,

I was thinking of going to the Meetup thingamajig in Enniskillen next week. But it looks as though its gonna piss rain (what an adventerous soul I am) and I'm also kinda busy.

I'm not too fussed about tight schedules myself and am way more interested in the getting to the destination rather than the destination itself (I don't think my life will be any less complete if I don't actually make it to Tbilisi).

Let us know if you end up heading out on this route. By my calculations I am thinking I might leave here sometime after the 1st week in July. (I don't have to come home until the second week of September).
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