It was a beautiful morning with a bit of tail wind when we left Dogubeyazit. This time we were westbound for Trabzon on the Black Sea coast and in much better spirits than two days ago. It would still take a few days to get out of eastern Turkey but since we were riding on a bigger highway now we hopefully wont have any more encounters with stone throwing kids.
Last views of Mt. Ararat. Had to have my picture taken with it.
The road towards Agri was new with a good shoulder. The previously mountainous landscape quickly switched to rolling grain fields in a wide valley flanked by arid, low elevation hills. Along the way we met Andre and Klara from Brasil. They are also planning on riding to China but they are taking the southern route through Iran and Turkmenistan.
WAS GREAT TO MEET YOU TWO. HOPE YOUR VISA APPLICATIONS WENT THROUGH FINE. HOPE TO RUN INTO YOU LATER ON!!!
In Agri, had an unpleasant incident with some unwanted attention from a very unattractive, dirty, rude, yellow-toothed guy while I was guarding the bikes outside a store while James grabbed a few groceries. I was not hurt, just totally disgusted! Yuk! Enough said. Not something to dwell on.
The incident scared us a bit and so we were a little worried about where to camp that night. The sun was already very low and we were about to leave a small town when an older guy waved and hollered for us to come over to his house. We were unsure what to do but decided to go say hello. Perhaps we could camp beside his house. He seemed genuinely kind and trustworthy. He invited us to be his guests tonight and share the ramadan dinner with his family. During ramadan, guests are seen and valued as a great blessing so he thanked us multiple times for accepting his invitation while we thanked him for inviting us in. We had been starting to get desperate for a camping spot when he called us over so he was a true godsend. God is so good in how he has arranged so many amazing encounters with people at just the right time. We cannot be grateful enough knowing that regardless of how bad a situation seems, everything is taken care of and we are being looked after in the most surprizing ways.
LORD, BLESS ALL THOSE KIND PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO OUR TRIP WITH THEIR GENEROSITY AND WARM WELCOMES.
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