The second leg of my trip was no where near as eventful as the first leg, which was certainly a good thing. Today’s task was to get from Inebolu to Sinop.
The purpose of the road trip isn’t to see the actual towns themselves, for the most part they really are not that exciting as far as towns go. The Black Sea Coast however is certainly scenic.
At least this trip has been so far and today proved to be no exception.
‘Count the glorious, vertigo-inducing curves on the drop-dead scenic coastal road from Amasra to Sinop’, at least that is how the Lonely Planet Turkey, 12th Edition March 2011 guide book authors describe it. Or at least one of them does!
I’m not sure I agree with all of the rather colourful phrases used to describe the journey but it was all things considered a pretty ride.
My destination for the day was to end up for an overnight stop in Inebolu. That was only two bus trips from my current location. However it would be late afternoon before I got there but two local busses. That’s not too bad.
Right?
Bright and early, well ok not really that early. For once it was civilized, late even since it was about 0945 hrs. Anyhow seven of us piled out of the pension and into the minivan that was to take us to Amasra.
Kind of made it easier depending on how you look at it.
You see all seven of us were looking to do the same thing. Catch the minibuses, hopping from town to town from Amasra to Sinop.
One or two extra travelers squeezing onto the local transport as it runs from town to town is one thing. Seven?
I arrived in the small town of Safranbolu late in the early evening with relative ease. There’s really only a couple of reasons to come here. The first being that it’s a UNESCO world heritage listed town.
That is because of the Ottoman houses.
The second reason I stopped here is because it is on the way Amasra and Safranbolu made a nice place to stop with something to see as well.
I’m sitting waiting for dinner, work issues intruding on my mind as they have done for the last week. There’s a riot of music coming from all directions as each restaurant and bar competes with the others for clientele.
There is a group of backpackers on the next table discussing a variety of issues, right now it’s the differences in the English language between countries. On another table to men are playing backgammon. There’s a couple across the way who need a room.
I’m in Istanbul Turkey.
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