The Spaghetti Incident

Peter Helsen is paying 10 euro to see us cook spaghetti
while riding. (Original post here)
Thanks Peter!

2 minute movie with sound - play it loud!

Binnenkort...

Volg de epische avonturen van Johan, de Rode Ridder.
Geniet hieronder van een voorsmaakje:

Quiz!

If you were a Vespa, after 8500km,
where would you break down?


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Yup, smack in the middle of no-mans land.
Entering Syria in style!



Also, if you were a Vespa, you`d make sure you have
a punture while your motor seizes, making pushing
all the more fun!



After a particularly nerve wrecking border control,
this is how we entered Aleppo



So there was some more tweaking,



a new -cheap Indian- flywheel,



and a very nice dentist who helped us find all we needed
in a place where everyone speaks Arabic. Thanks Rian!

Capadocia...

... is one wicked landscape!
Imagine the possibilities:


you can look at it...


... ride a horse in it (make sure to wear leather)


... crash down it


...build a village in it


... camp in it


... and meet these fine dutchies
(Jan, Ilona and Nico and their 4WD off-road all terrain camper
- we spent a wonderful evening with them)

Angry faces Turkey

left to right, top to bottom:
1.Emrah - hostel owner in Istanbul, eco-friendly and filosophical. Needs to stop smoking.
2.Safak - only non-Russian on the ferry Odessa-Istanbul.
3.Umit and Serhat - traveling through Turkey with only a towel
4.Ai-Tjunz - boyfriend of ...
5.Zuhal - old friend of Philip
6.Ali - sells dry onions to Belgium. Keep an eye out for Planet Onion.
7.Mohammed - He Who Sells Synthetic 2-stroke Oil in Iskenderun.
8.Sheperd - didn't know, didn't understand, smiled.
9.Horse - didn't smile

Dien avond en dien Vespa

The Lycian Way

Three days of walking.
Sun, rocks, and no water.

Along the Aegean Coast

Cruisinnn'...


More cruisinnn... Tell us if this gets boring.


This week, we have been mostly drinking yoghurt


And eating honey. Which we paid way too much for, we're sure.
Gotta work on our bargaining skills!


Spiritus! Believe me, if it's the fuel your camping stove runs on
and you haven't had any for over a month you're happy to see it.
So we bought TWO! Extravaganza....


Jan with his brand new glasses!!
You wanna ride Vespa you gotta look cool.
Mind the the Italian design to match our lifestyle.
(No, really it's a thing with his contact lenses)


Ephesus!
Something really old that was like... all broken
and then... yeah, restored again, and then, well...
Maybe next time we'll take a guide


Made us happy though.


Where's my brake lever?


This guy fitted a new one. Really, everything he did I
personally did all over again behind his back.
Never trust your brakes to a stranger.

Istanbul

Aya Sophia and the vespas
(very small and in the dark)


Istanbul is full of all kinds of exciting stuff!


That day we decided to go our separate ways.
Jan drank his tea in front of the Blue Mosque...


... whıle Phil had his in front of Aya Sofıa.
Cheesy, we know.


This was -uhm... Topkapi Palace.
No, we're not too high on historic sites.
Belgian news wasn't too exciting either though.


Although, wait a minute...


All in all we're not the best city-trippers.
Pretty happy to head out of Istanbul then,
catching the ferry across the Sea of Marmara.
No we hadn't heard of that one either.