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Anem a Grècia|On our way: Greece

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(English version below)

Un cop caminades Tailàndia, Birmània, Bangladesh, Índia, Pamir, Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Azerbaidjan, Geòrgia i Turquia amb aproximadament uns 11.800 quilòmetres als peus, ara entrem a Grècia.

For those of you counting, we have walked Thailand, Burma, Bangladesh, India, Pamir, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Azerbaijan,  Georgia and Turkey with about 11,800 kilometers on our feet. Now we cross into Greece.

Després de Tailàndia caminàvem Birmània per encabat saltar a Àsia central per poder caminar Pamir, Tadjikistan i Uzbekistan evitant el seu cru hivern, així com també l’asfixiant monsó a Bangladesh i Índia. A continuació vàrem reprendre la ruta a Bangladesh, un pèl massa aviat per que les primeres setmanes ens ofegàvem de calor, humitat i en alguna que altra tempesta de final de monsó. Entrar a Índia per passar tot l’hivern ens va regalar perfectes temperatures diürnes, però poques hores de llum amb fredes nits i matinades on la boira espessa ens va acabar de congelar. L’operació quirúrgica de Jenn va marcar una important fita durant l’estada a Índia. Des de maig a juliol vàrem caminar Iran per creuar Azerbaidjan durant un agost severament calorós que ens va causar forces problemes, però després varev gaudir d’un molt bon setembre a través de les muntanyes, valls i rius del sud de Geòrgia. A continuació hem estat molt de temps creuant la llarga Turquia resseguint el mar Negre per després passar al mar de Marmara.

Ara entrem a Grècia.

Mirarem de seguir publicant i informant tan sovint com ens sigui possible, però com sempre, si no podem comunicar-nos, actualitzar o publicar molt freqüentment, assumiu que estem feliçment caminant entre bones persones i sobretot, que estem bé (o molt bé).

Així doncs, faré / farem el que bonament podrem, sense oblidar-nos de tots vosaltres que molt amablement ens seguiu, us interesseu per nosaltres, ens recolzeu i doneu ànims per continuar i als que us estem MOLT agraïts.

La nostra ruta a Turquia | Our route through Turkey 

La nostra ruta a Turquia. | Our route through all of Turkey.
La nostra ruta a Turquia. | Our route through Turkey.
La nostra ruta a Turquia. Mapa detallat 1 de 3. | Our route in Turkey, regional, detailed map 1 of 3.
La nostra ruta a Turquia. Mapa detallat 1 de 3. | Our route in Turkey. Detailed map 1 of 3.
La nostra ruta a Turquia. Mapa detallat 2 de 3. Our route in Turkey, regional, detailed map 2 of 3.
La nostra ruta a Turquia. Mapa detallat 2 de 3. Our route in Turkey. Detailed map 2 of 3.
La nostra ruta a Turquia. Mapa detallat 3 de 3. Our route in Turkey, regional, detailed map 3 of 3.
La nostra ruta a Turquia. Mapa detallat 3 de 3. Our route in Turkey. Detailed map 3 of 3.

 

English version

 

We started our 2018 phase of the walk in  different way.

Lluís followed our route from where we stopped last fall, in Samsun, Turkey.  He had lots of small mountain roads with big ups and downs for long portions of his Black Sea walk. The road flattened out as he continued towards Greece. He covered a hearty 1,300 kilometers between the beginning of April and the middle of May.

My experience in Turkey these last two months were completely different. I hiked parts of the Lycian Trail, where I spent time with many trail angels who helped me immensely. I volunteered in an orange grove. I went to a yoga festival, and watched the sea. I cut bushes and painted waymarks on the Carian Trail, and the winds bought me back to Istanbul to walk an urban trail. I didn’t walk so many kilometers, and I have no idea what my total distance was. And I don’t need to know. My heart is fill.

Now we are back together crossing into Greece.

As always, we have no idea what our connectivity will be like for the next few weeks, or how soon we’ll be back online. Crossing borders means getting new money, new SIM cards and figuring things out in another language we don’t speak.

But, check back here now and again. We both have blogs scheduled in the next few weeks.

Thanks for walking with us!

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