Warm weather at last…
Posted by Karen on April 25th 2006
Written on the 2006 London to Sydney expedition
So Far…
After travelling through the stunning but very very wet and cold countries of Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary and Romania we decide to leg it through Bulgaria to the warmer climate of İstanbul, Turkey. But not before we are stung wıth a parting gift from Romania (in the form of a dodgy border guard who invented a ‘fine’ for not having the correct paperwork (given that it does not exist makes thıngs rather difficult). Finally after a hours of waiting around, İ think they gathered that we were up for sleeping there rather than paying, and we were able to move on, free of charge. Zipping through Bulgaria (Who so have been the most welcoming and friendly people by far, even to the extent of the police guarding us at night and brınging the Mayor to greet us while we free camped in the middle of their village!) we were all glad to get to İstanbul, where everybody had a couple of days to explore the city, dry their gear out and get started on their suntans.
Everybody ıs all fit and well apart from a few colds, Lesley hurtıng her ankle, and the odd hangover!
Until next time…
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