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| Soaking up the early morning sun.......Chilly nights at 1000m |
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| A typical Antalyan mountain village high street |
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| Taskent - This rather nice fable explains the statue below. |
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| What flavour water would you like, sir! |
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| This block of beige marble appears to have 'fallen off the back of a lorry' |
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| Playtime for Michael! |
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| The last snow of the winter |
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| I am at the highest point (1890m) of my tour.......apparently a high point for me too! |
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| What a beauty! Possibly the most photographed bike in the world. |
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| I stop for a picnic at a shepherd's refuge |
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| The rock is full of fossils. Random thought: I wonder what the shepherds thought of them. They had probably never seen the sea so how would they recognise them. |
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| Three 14 km climbs today - it's hot, hot, hot! |
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| I contemplate camping in a cave......as I'm starting to smell like a caveman! |
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| An evening grocery shop attracts a crowd |
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| .........which starts to get a bit out of hand! |
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| This guy stuffs a bottle of cola in my pannier........and then asks if I want to pop into the barbers for a complimentary shave. All I want to do is find somewhere to put my tent up...........out of town. |
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| Nothing for it but to join in! |
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| Bert (the bike) feels like royalty |
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| ........finally we get to head out of town.....and some peace and quiet |
Go Mike go!! It all looks amazing.
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