25th October 2006
Hello all! As you can see from the above photo we are now within an incredibly tiny distance from Istanbul. We have been getting progressively excited for the past few days knowing that we could complete the walk in one big day’s walk. However, we are drawing out the excitement for as long as we can and, if we stick to our schedule we will arrive on the out skirts of the town tonight, and the centre in three days time.
Lots and lots has hapened over the past week or so, Including meeting the chap seen in the photo below. He and his friend have cycled all the way from Korea, leavıng a few days before we left Trafalgar Square. I would recommend his website if your Korean is up to scratch. It can be found at . We have also met a cyclist who had spent the past month travelling up from Syria, so I guess we must now be on the main long-distance route between Europe and Asia.
The next blog will come from Istanbul. Thanks for all the support- We needed to keep to an incredibly tight schedule over the past three months, and we couldn’t have done it without your help.
(50kms walk, 2 kebabs, and 3 cans of Efes all in one day? It’s too much for Andy)
