Duncan's blog

Istanbul - 20 days of sitting, waiting

Duncan — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:58:17 +0000

Yesterday Yuri and I decided - it's time for us to leave this city. By 15:30 today we'll take the ferry to a city south of Istanbul, Yalova, from where on we decide whether we will leave the visa be and continue our tour till we've seen all of Turkey, or whether we will return to Istanbul later on to pick up our one way ticket to Persia. If there will be a ticket available for us of course. Without getting in to details - if you're planning to get a visa for Iran, prepare for a bit of patience.

Major Picture Update

Duncan — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:59:03 +0000

Because Yuri and I are stuck in Istanbul waiting for our Iranian visas to come through, I have had some time to update just about all of the pictures up till now. You'll find them on my picasa, located here.

Tirana, Albania - An intriguing country

Duncan — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:30:38 +0000

Because of some time pressure in reaching Istanbul 'in time' (read: incoming girlfriends), Yuri and I cheated a bit the last two days. First off we travelled almost the whole of Montenegro by bus, to sleep in it's capital Podgorica. We were allowed to sleep on the abandoned upper floor of a house still under construction - a luxurious sleepover compared to camping in one of the dark wastelands surrounding the city. The next morning we woke up to find our coffees ready and afterward headed for the border with Albania. What awaited us was beyond my wildest expectations:

Pictures from Yuri and Duncan are being relocated.

Duncan — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:49:23 +0000

Because I appear too stupid to adequately deal with the website's picture uploading system, I decided to keep my and Yuri's pictures updated on my personal picasaweb account. Take a look at the following page for the latest pictures, I've managed to update them up to the first series of pictures shot in France. More will follow.

http://picasaweb.google.nl/duncan.huizinga/Eastbound02#

France - You pleasantly surprised us, over and over again!

Duncan — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:21:00 +0000

Location

Eze - living room of our hosts

France

Today we ride our last meters on French asphalt. We're in Eze - a small tourist place at the 'Cote d'Azur' between Nice and Monaco - where in the morning we will pick up some maps Jory sent us. Our experiences in France have been remarkable, even though the weather and our health have been difficult to cope with from time to time. Of all 20 nights we've stayed in France, three of those were spent warmly between brick walls, three times we joined in for diner, and one evening - while the host took his (girl)friend to the movies - were left behind to look after his 'maison'.