Vcio Paka

 and with the arrival to Istanbul this trip comes to an end: 3 months, 4 countries, 2000 kms on bike (I guess, the odometer broke a while ago), and a few more by ferry, train, bus... lost t-shirts, towels, pants, 35 punctures, a broken camera, etc, all and all, eto vcio....

And I try and install myself in this city, in this city of contrast. Contrast and chaos. Plenty of both....Another city, another religion and another language ill try to learn frantically for the first couple of months to learn put it in the backburner.... Constantinople, Metropol, Istanbul... call it as you wish, ill call it home for a while....

TURKEY!!!!!!!!!!

Y llegamos, un botecito de dos horas (y 40euros) nos trae hacia la zona de los "barbaros" (a.k.a. no-griegos) eh eh.

Estamos en Turquía! :)

Samos, la isla de Pitagoras

Our last island in Greece, and it turns out to be a bit of a reencounter with Ancient Greece. And of course, a last dip in blue blue waters.
But all of these under the vigilant look:

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Samos, the island of Pythagoras. And it is truly that, at least for me, as I ride through the different places in the city and imagine the philosopher walking around them as well....

el Dodekaneso....

And as we make our way East we leave the Kyclades for the Dodekaneso: 12 islands for the 12 gods.
Temples and archeological sites plague the area according to my maps. Ancient Greece again. To my surprise though, to see upon arrival at Kalimnos but Venetian buildings. The Dodekaneso, it was time after time occupied but its the Venetian building style that the city has kept.
The end of September marks the end of the season as well. Very few tourist now walk the streets. And as they go home our time also comes to think of an ending to this periple. Fortunately for us, fishing is never out of season, so we look for low prices as we try to gulf down as many sea creatures as we can. Our daily menu in Kalymnos: fish, octopus, squid, shellfish, more fish, and more creatures and our daily chef: yours truly :) ...
The moon is far from full now but it still shines the way: to the East lays Turkey waiting for us.....