29 Mar 2020 | Diaries, Europe, Greece
Covid-19: The Road back Home After a 2.000 km fast forwards – but backwards – journey from eastern Turkey to the border with Greece, we made it into our homeland. Watch this video to see the Greece – Turkey border of “Kipi” completely...
19 Mar 2020 | Asia, Diaries, Turkey
Covid-19: Overlander’s survival guide We prepared a short survival guide based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines against Covid-19 outbreak, adapted to the special needs of Overlanders with the use of our extended travel experience: We stay at...
10 Mar 2020 | Asia, Diaries, Turkey
Stop. Breathe. Think. Act This is not neccessarily a call to meditation but a basic lesson I learnt in my scuba diving courses, years ago. It’s valid in most cases: if you feel dizzy or stressed underwater, experience a vertigo, or if you loose your buddy. I...
16 Feb 2020 | Asia, Diaries, Turkey
Why is Kaš so special for us? We feel happy we made it to Kaš for a single reason: three kms offshore this Turkish resort town lies Kastellorizo, the easternmost island of Greece, which we had visited for the first time in our lives during our 2019 “greekoffroad”...
10 Feb 2020 | Asia, Diaries, Turkey
From Alaçati to Sirinçe These two villages may be apparently totally different – the first is on the coast while the second on a mountain – but they are both connected by history: a Greek history. Both Alaçati and Sirinçe were predominantly Greek villages...
8 Feb 2020 | Diaries, Europe, Greece
Thank you Chios, see you again Greece! Our trip to Chios eventually was a pleasant break. We arrived here for health issues – Akis urgently needed to be operated in his inguinal hernia – but It was also an ultimate bye bye to our homeland. It was also...
