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Now in Istanbul, Turkey

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Stopping for some weeks to see employment options based on my past skills and work experience.  Work over winter. I'm in Istanbul btw. Winter in 2 or 3 weeks. Nice here but work and a longer stay would complete it and make stay worth it.  3 months on the move on bike was nice but a stable base for 6 months nice too. I'll try .  My visa for eu was a few days remaining so bike on bus from Thesaloniki to Istanbul.  The cycle tour is complete for now. 

24/9-27/9 Igoumenitsa,Greece to Metsovo 150km

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Rode from Igoumenitsa, north west Greece in through Pindo mountains about 150km inland to Metsovo, about 250km east of Thesaloniki. Aim is Thesaloniki by Oct 2nd and look at the travel options to Turkey. The covid protocol so far. There were mass covid test off the ship into Greece a week ago and unannounced. The protocol outlined in Italy was test in Italy pre departure only and no test in Greece port...but there was infact  testing in Greece which means any + off that ferry impacts all on ferry. Most people on ferry were jabbed and so they did not do test in Italy as they are jabbed & therefore their c19 status untested as they stepped onto ferry.  In Madrid in July no test on arrival. The only test was in london pre departure. Greece seemed the opposite to how arrival in Madrid worked.  So, crossing land borders is an unknown and I'm thinking fly out of Greece early October as reliable online rules exist on what protocols are as holiday .makers travel via airports ...

17/9 Manfredonia-Bari 85km

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Arranging pcr test at Bari in order to board a ship to Greece Sept 19th approximately. Aim is 3 week ride across Greece and assess if the land border to Turkey is feasible or maybe I fly put of Greece.I'm not sure yet but studying routes. It looks like cyclists did land border a month ago to Turkey. I think Turkey just need pcr. No jab reqd

16/9 Serracapriolla to Manfredonia-87km

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Not far from Bari and Brindisi. Easy day. Took a rest yesterday and felt much stronger all round for it.

14/9 Vasto to Serracapriolla 60km

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14/9 Vasto to Serracapriolla 60km  Very hot and seriously pretty countryside. Big hills. Near Foggia. Day 52. 3000km since July 10th.

13/9 North of Pescara to Vasto-100km

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13/9 North of Pescara to Vasto-100km Great ride. V pretty. Rode with 3 Dutch guys. They were good company for 40km to campsite. They 'd heard of me from rider 200km North they'd chatted too. 

12/9 Civatova Marche to nr Pescara 90km

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/9 Civatova Marche to nr Pescara 90km