Central Asia Tour, Southwest Asia, Overnight Stays
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Tizian Römer and Belinda Benz from Zweiradlertouren (www.zweiradlertouren.de).

Day 86 – Sunday, 25.09.2022 – Edirne
Category: Wild Camping
Number of nights spent at this location: 1
Altitude: 39 m
Surface: earth, harvested field; even; flat
Space for: many tents
Shade for tent/sitting: no, but maybe close by/no, but close by yes
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no/no
Wind Shelter: yes
Visibility: well hidden
Accessibility: easy
Facilities: none
Disturbance: quiet; other picnicers were around as well, but the site is huge and there is enough space for many people
View-Rating: 2/5
If the fields are not already harvested, it might be more difficult to find a place here.

Day 87 – Monday, 26.09.2022 – Lüleburgaz
Category: Private (Air Mattress)
Number of nights spent at this location: 2
Altitude: 59 m
Stay at the Lüleburgaz Bicycle Academy; they let bicycle travellers stay for free on a wooden "bed" (you'll need your sleeping pad/bag) and there's a hot shower and washing machine! Better to announce your stay on Warmshowers.org but it's probably also fine if you just show up (if they have space left).

Day 89 – Wednesday, 28.09.2022 – Kastro Plajı
Category: Camp Site
Number of nights spent at this location: 1
Altitude: 0 m
Surface: fine sand; even; flat
Space for: many tents
Shade for tent/sitting: no, but there are spots with shade close by/no, but there are benches with shade nearby
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no/no
Wind Shelter: no
Visibility: visible
Accessibility: easy
Facilities: access to sea, picnic table, cold showers
Disturbance: picnic area, potential noise from other guests
View-Rating: 3/5
Payed private beach/campsite, about 5 € per person.
For photos of this location see

Day 90 – Thursday, 29.09.2022 – Yalıköy
Category: Wild Camping
Surface: short grass; even; flat
Space for: few tents
Shade for tent/sitting: no/no
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no/no
Wind Shelter: no
Visibility: visible
Accessibility: easy
Facilities: access to sea
Disturbance: a lot of street dogs around, very close to the road with little traffic
View-Rating: 1/5
For photos of this location see

Day 91 – Friday, 30.09.2022 – Arnavutköy
Category: Wild Camping
Surface: short grass; bit bumpy; slight slope
Space for: many tents
Shade for tent/sitting: yes/yes
Wind Shelter: yes
Visibility: hidden from roads
Facilities: none
Disturbance: picnic area, potential noise from other guests

Day 92 – Saturday, 01.10.2022 – Istanbul-Sarıyer
Category: Private (Bed)
Note that, in order to protect the privacy of our host, the location of this map point does NOT precisely correspond to the exact location of our overnight stay!

Day 99 – Saturday, 08.10.2022 – Istanbul-Maltepe
Category: Private Room
Name: Privet Room near Airport-Kadıköy Metro Line
Price: 14 €/night
Booked at: airBnB
Room Size: standard
Beds: two single
Bath: shared
Cleanliness Bed/General: clean/acceptable
Laundry: free
Furnishings: fully equipped shared apartment (incl. kitchen, couch, table, chairs)
General Review: acceptable
Note that the price given here is always simply what we payed. It may include discounts (like from the booking.com Genius program) or tips or has changed due to inflation since we were there. If a price in euro is given, this corresponds to the approximate (!) exchange rate at the time of our stay. Prices are NOT per person, but for both of us.

Day 102 – Tuesday, 11.10.2022 – Lake İznik
Surface: fine gravel; bit bumpy; flat
Space for: few tents
Shade for tent/sitting: no/no
Wind Shelter: no
Visibility: hidden
Facilities: access to lake
Disturbance: quiet
For photos of this location see

Day 103 – Wednesday, 12.10.2022 – Gölcük
Surface: short grass; bit bumpy; slight slope
Shade for tent/sitting: yes/yes
Wind Shelter: yes
Visibility: hidden
Facilities: none
Disturbance: quiet
Between pear trees of a plantation.

Day 104 – Thursday, 13.10.2022 – Bursa
Category: Private Room
Name: Saray Otel
Price: 23 €/night
Booked at: booking.com
Room Size: small
Beds: one double
Bath: private
Cleanliness Bed/General: acceptable/acceptable
Laundry: didn't check if possible
Furnishings: none
General Review: acceptable
Note that the price given here is always simply what we payed. It may include discounts (like from the booking.com Genius program) or tips or has changed due to inflation since we were there. If a price in euro is given, this corresponds to the approximate (!) exchange rate at the time of our stay. Prices are NOT per person, but for both of us.

Day 106 – Saturday, 15.10.2022 – Simav River
Surface: mid-long grass; bit bumpy; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: little bit/yes
Visibility: hidden
Disturbance: quiet

Day 107 – Sunday, 16.10.2022 – Bandırma
Category: Private (Bed)
Note that, in order to protect the privacy of our host, the location of this map point does NOT precisely correspond to the exact location of our overnight stay!

Category: Private (Bed)
Note that, in order to protect the privacy of our host, the location of this map point does NOT precisely correspond to the exact location of our overnight stay!

Day 110 – Wednesday, 19.10.2022 – Gelibolu
Surface: concrete; even; flat
Space for: 1 tent per picnic table, but many picnic tables are around
Shade for tent/sitting: yes/yes
Wind Shelter: little bit
Visibility: hidden from roads
Facilities: access to the sea, picnic tables
Disturbance: picnic area, potential noise from other guests

Day 111 – Thursday, 20.10.2022 – Eceabat
Category: Private (Air Mattress)

Day 112 – Friday, 21.10.2022 – Çanakkale
Category: Private Room
Name: Hotel Nr. 1
Price: 365 TRY/night (17 €)
Booked at: no booking
Room Size: small
Beds: one double
Bath: private
Cleanliness Bed/General: clean/acceptable
Laundry: didn't check if possible
Furnishings: none
General Review: acceptable
Note that the price given here is always simply what we payed. It may include discounts (like from the booking.com Genius program) or tips or has changed due to inflation since we were there. If a price in euro is given, this corresponds to the approximate (!) exchange rate at the time of our stay. Prices are NOT per person, but for both of us.

Surface: short grass or sand-gravel mixture; bit bumpy; flat
Space for: few tents
Shade for tent/sitting: no/no
Wind Shelter: little bit
Visibility: visible from the road nearby, but there is virtually no traffic
Facilities: access to a rather dirty little creek
Disturbance: quiet, except for sheep passing by and frogs

Day 115 – Monday, 24.10.2022 – Küçükkuyu
Surface: dry mud; bit bumpy; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: little bit/yes
Wind Shelter: yes, except from south
Visibility: not visible from the road, but not very well hiddem from the local residents
Facilities: access to the sea

Surface: dry grass; bit bumpy; flat
Wind Shelter: little bit
Visibility: visible from the road with little traffic

Day 117 – Wednesday, 26.10.2022 – Yenişakran
Surface: mid-long grass; bumpy; flat
Space for: 1 tent
Visibility: visible from the gravel paths around
Disturbance: few farmers came by
Directly adjacent to a gravel path, only piece of grass we could find, not nice.

Day 118 – Thursday, 27.10.2022 – Aliağa

Day 119 – Friday, 28.10.2022 – Bağarası
Surface: sand; even; flat
Visibility: slightly visible from the nearby road with little traffic
Accessibility: need to carry your bike/gear a 1 m step down into the dry reservoir
On the ground of a dried out reservoir.

Day 120 – Saturday, 29.10.2022 – Izmir

Name: Bellamaritimo
Price: 23 €/night
Booked at: agoda
Room Size: standard
Beds: one double
Bath: private
Cleanliness Bed/General: clean/perfect
Laundry: didn't check if possible
Furnishings: none
General Review: perfect
Nice breakfast included (no buffet, but still lots of different items). Nice, friendly hotel. We enjoyed our stay here.

Day 127 – Saturday, 05.11.2022 – Selçuk
Name: Casa Callinos
Booked at: no booking
Room Size: big
Cleanliness Bed/General: clean/perfect
Furnishings: armchairs
General Review: perfect
We were picked up by the owner from the street and he said, he often gives discounts to bicycle travellers in the off-season. It's an absolutely nice, comfortable room – for this quality you can easily pay 30 € elsewhere in Turkey. He also offered us breakfast for another 100 TRY, but we refused. However, since he had to prepare the breakfast buffet for other guests, he allowed us to also eat at the buffet for free.

Surface: concrete; even; flat
Space for: 2 tents
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no/yes
Visibility: quite well hidden from the road
Disturbance: a bit traffic noise and dogs begging for food
Inside a destroyed house.

Day 130 – Tuesday, 08.11.2022 – Kızılağaç
Surface: forrest floor; bit bumpy/stony; flat
Visibility: slightly visible from the road
Disturbance: a bit traffic noise

Day 131 – Wednesday, 09.11.2022 – Bodrum
Name: Hotel Centro Bodrum
Price: 25
Booked at: no booking
Room Size: small
Cleanliness Bed/General: acceptable/acceptable
Breakfast buffet included.

Day 132 – Thursday, 10.11.2022 – Datça Peninsula
Surface: forrest floor; even; flat
Space for: 1 tent
Visibility: hidden from roads and also from the fishermen on the other side of the little bay
Accessibility: 1.5 km/65 altitude meter gravel path, took us 30 min back up to the road in the next morning
Facilities: none; hard to access the sea, boats at docks everywhere, not nice for swimming
Disturbance: quiet at the place where we pitched the tent, but not too far away there a lot of fishermen around
We were hoping for a lot nicer place when we cycled down the hill to this spot, in the end it was not really worth it.

Day 133 – Friday, 11.11.2022 – Şirinköy
Category: Private (Camping)

Day 134 – Saturday, 12.11.2022 – Dalyan
Category: Camp Site
Surface: short grass; even; flat
Visibility: hidden from the road
Facilities: hot shower, toilet, drinking water
Disturbance: loud music until late at night, when we were there
Payed campsite, about 5 € per person.

Surface: forrest floor; bit bumpy; slight slope
Space for: 1 tent, but on the tilted gravel beach you find more space if you accept bad gravel surfaces
Wind Shelter: yes, except from south
Visibility: slightly visible from the gravel road with very little traffic
Accessibility: 4.5 km dead end road; the last 20 m are very steep bad gravel path down to the beach where you'll need to push the bicycle
Facilities: prime access to the sea
Not easy to find a lonely, hidden beach in this region with no entry fee, but here you have one; even in mid-November the sea water was warm enough for swimming; might be not so lonely in summer, though; there were tons of mosquitos.

Day 136 – Monday, 14.11.2022 – Kayaköy
Surface: sand-gravel mixture; bit bumpy; flat
Visibility: well hidden
Accessibility: easy, but the 1 km dead-end path through the forrest might be a bit muddy if wet
Disturbance: quiet, except for a horse rider coming by a few times

Day 137 – Tuesday, 15.11.2022 – Butterfly Valley
Name: Gul Pension
Cleanliness Bed/General: clean/acceptable
Furnishings: chairs on balcony

Day 138 – Wednesday, 16.11.2022 – Xanthos
Surface: forrest floor with dry needles from coniferes; even; flat
Visibility: visible from the adjacent road with little traffic

Day 139 – Thursday, 17.11.2022 – Kasaba
Surface: mid-long grass; bit bumpy; flat
Visibility: slightly visible from the distant road

Name: Soydan's Calm and Cozy Vacation Flat
Booked at: airBnB
Room Size: big
Laundry: free
Furnishings: fully equipped apartment (incl. kitchen, couch, table, chairs)
Good value for money and on top of a tiny market. Supermarkets after only in the center of Demre.

Day 144 – Tuesday, 22.11.2022 – Tekirova
Surface: short grass; bit bumpy; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: little bit/yes
Visibility: well hidden from any roads
Disturbance: a shepherd came along with his sheep in the evening and in the morning

Day 145 – Wednesday, 23.11.2022 – Kemer
Name: Latino Hotel
Booked at: booking.com
Cleanliness Bed/General: not clean/not recommended
General Review: not recommended
Breakfast included. The breakfast was okay, but the room was not very clean and the sheets had big stains.

Day 147 – Friday, 25.11.2022 – Antalya

Day 148 – Saturday, 26.11.2022 – Manavgat

Day 149 – Sunday, 27.11.2022 – Mahmutlar
Surface: concrete; even; flat
Space for: 2–3 tents
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: yes/yes
Visibility: visible
Facilities: water, filthy toilet
Disturbance: a bit traffic noise
Shelter hut directly next to the road that seems to be used for burial cemeronies (there is a cemetery on the other side of the road), but it was empty and unused when we where there; many people saw us and didn't say anything about us camping here; the view down the hill is amazing.

Day 150 – Monday, 28.11.2022 – Karapinar
Surface: wooden planks; even; flat
Space for: 1 tent
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: yes/yes
Visibility: hidden from the main road
Accessibility: one flight of stairs up to the stilt hut
Facilities: drinking water
Disturbance: in the evening came a few cars and seemed to deal something on the place, but after 30 min or so they were gone
Picnic hut on stilts about 4 m above the ground.

Day 151 – Tuesday, 29.11.2022 – Güneyyurt
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: yes/yes
Visibility: slightly visible from the distant road
Adjacent to an empty unused factory hall.

Day 152 – Wednesday, 30.11.2022 – Kırkkavat
Surface: dry mud; bit bumpy; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: no/yes
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no/yes
Facilities: picnic table with roof
Disturbance: a bit traffic noise

Day 153 – Thursday, 01.12.2022 – Göksu Valley
Visibility: visible from the road
Next to an old soccer field there a some empty and unused stalls of metall lattice and the doors of a few of them are unlocked so you can seek rain shelter inside.

Name: Meltem Pansiyon
Cleanliness Bed/General: acceptable/acceptable
Laundry: fee required

Day 155 – Saturday, 03.12.2022 – Ferry
Category: Airport, Ferry etc.
We payed 1475 TRY (78 €) for the ferry including a two-bed cabin with private bath. The cabin and beds were clean. There was even a window that we could open. In our opinion it was definitely worth the money.

Surface: forrest floor with dry needles from coniferes; bumpy; flat
Space for: 1–2 tents
Visibility: well hidden within the wall of the graveyard
Within the walls of an old, destroyed Greek graveyard; you could also camp in front of the graveyard, but you'll be less hidden there.

Day 157 – Monday, 05.12.2022 – Nikosia
Name: Cypriot Swallow Boutique Hotel
Room Size: standard
Cleanliness Bed/General: clean/perfect
General Review: perfect
Perfect place, but expensive.

Day 159 – Wednesday, 07.12.2022 – Famagusta
Surface: short grass; bit bumpy; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: no/yes

Day 160 – Thursday, 08.12.2022 – Bogazi
Name: Helena Pool Apartments in Caesar Blue Resort
Price: 18 €/night + 18 € cleaning fee
Booked at: booking.com
Room Size: big
Laundry: free
Furnishings: fully equipped apartment (incl. kitchen, couch, table, chairs)
Perfect place to spent a week without doing much! I'm really wondering if this incredible price (for what you get) will stay this low for long. Brand new building and apartment that has everything one might need. Well equipped kitchen. Supermarket nearby.

Day 168 – Friday, 16.12.2022 – Larnaca
Surface: wooden planks; even; flat
Space for: 1 tent (maybe 1–2 more on the grass next to the wooden hut)
Visibility: barely visible from the road
Facilities: access to salt lake
Disturbance: a few walkers came by during the day
The salt lake is dry in summer and was full of flamingos in December; don't know if camping is allowed at this place but none of the walkers that came by said anything.

Day 169 – Saturday, 17.12.2022 – Larnaca
Surface: wooden planks; even; flat
Space for: 1 tent (maybe 1–2 more on the grass next to the wooden hut)
Visibility: barely visible from the road
Facilities: access to salt lake
Disturbance: a few walkers came by during the day
The salt lake is dry in summer and was full of flamingos in December; don't know if camping is allowed at this place but none of the walkers that came by said anything.

Day 171 – Monday, 19.12.2022 – Tel Aviv

Day 300 – Thursday, 27.04.2023 – Sulaymaniyah
Name: Dolphin Hostel
Beds: two single
Breakfast included.

Day 303 – Sunday, 30.04.2023 – Sargalu
Space for: 2–3 tents, more down at the river
Visibility: visible from the road with little traffic
Facilities: mini-market and rather clean river nearby
It is a picnic area, but most locals will gather close to the river, so it was quiet were we camped.

Day 304 – Monday, 01.05.2023 – Lake Dukan
Surface: earth-gravel mixture; bit bumpy; slight slope
Space for: 2–3 tents
Visibility: quite well hidden, roads are far away
Accessibility: requires to cycle a 5 km dead-end bad gravel road
Facilities: access to rather dirty lake
Disturbance: quiet except for a group of locals that quickly wanted a selfie with us

Day 305 – Tuesday, 02.05.2023 – Chwarqurna

Day 306 – Wednesday, 03.05.2023 – Koya
Space for: 1 tent, many more at other places of the park
Visibility: slightly visible from the distant road, but visible for other guests of the park
Facilities: dirty toilets
Disturbance: there were no other park quest, but a local shepherd on a horse came by and tried to talk to us for quite some time; he was not unfriendly, but a bit weird
It is park in poor shape.

Day 307 – Thursday, 04.05.2023 – Erbil East
Surface: mid-long grass; even; flat
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no/yes
Visibility: visible for other park guests, only slightly visible from the road outside the park
Facilities: toilet in the western corner of the park
Disturbance: traffic noise, but other park visitors ignored us mostly
It was already dark when we entered Erbil and we asked the police at the entrance of this park if we can camp inside; they were friendly and were totally okay with it; the park was busy, but we camped in a dark and quiet corner of the park and nobody cared.

Name: Hotel Vote/Awlad Al-Najar Hotel
Price: 30 USD/night (27 €)
Beds: one double, one single
Furnishings: a/c
Breakfast included. And it was one of the best breakfast buffets we had on this trip.

Day 311 – Monday, 08.05.2023 – Rawanduz
Surface: sand; even; flat
Space for: 1 tent, few more on slopy or gravel surface
Visibility: visible from distant villages and the gravel path nearby, but not from any paved road
Accessibility: steep gravel path, mostly ridable, maybe some pushing required
Facilities: access to rather dirty river
Disturbance: a friendly local came by, brought us some sweets and preached a lot about islam, the latter was a bit anoying

Day 312 – Tuesday, 09.05.2023 – Shanadar Cave
Category: Private (Air Mattress)

Day 313 – Wednesday, 10.05.2023 – Zoragvan Valley
Surface: long grass; bit bumpy; flat
Visibility: hidden from the road, visible from the hiking path
Accessibility: requires pushing the bicycles along a narrow path and carrying it over a low concrete wall/dam
Facilities: access to clean creek
Disturbance: only a few hikers passing by

Day 314 – Thursday, 11.05.2023 – Deraluk

Day 316 – Saturday, 13.05.2023 – Lalish
Surface: gravel-earth mixture; bit bumpy; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: for 1– 2 tents yes/yes
Visibility: well hidden
Accessibility: gravel path for about 1 km, mostly ridable, but has a few steep sections were pushing might be required
Facilities: water spring, don't know if drinkable
Disturbance: picnic area, potential noise from other guests; down in the valley there was a military training in the morning

Surface: short grass, a bit prickly; even; slight slope
Shade for tent/sitting: no/no, but about 200 m further is a big tree with shade
Visibility: slightly visible from the distant road

Day 323 – Saturday, 20.05.2023 – Zakho
Name: Gullan Hotel
Cleanliness Bed/General: acceptable/not recommended
Furnishings: a/c
General Review: not recommended
Lots of dicussions with the staff needed to get towels, a working a/c and a breakfast (which was supposed to be included). Also it was old and didn't look good.

Surface: short grass; even; flat
In the garden of an abandoned building that apparently used to be a restaurant.

Day 325 – Monday, 22.05.2023 – Güçlükonak

Day 326 – Tuesday, 23.05.2023 – Hasankeyf
Category: Private (Camping)
Visibility: hidden from the main road, visible for guests of the mini-market/restaurant
Facilities: toilets with drinkable water, mini-market, restaurant
We were allowed by the friendly owner to pitch our tent in the back yard of the petrol station/restaurant/mini-market.

Day 328 – Thursday, 25.05.2023 – Suçeken
Surface: gravel; bit bumpy; flat
Space for: few tents with varying surface quality
Visibility: visible from the distant road
Accessibility: downhill gravel path, but ridable
Facilities: access to rather dirty lake; we were allowed to fill up water at the bathroom of the restaurant nearby

Space for: 1 tent, a few more in other places of the park
Accessibility: need to push down an embankment from the main road, probably easier if you come from the north of the park
Facilities: park benches
Disturbance: quiet in the night, the gardener of the park brought us tea in the evening
It is inside a city park.

Day 330 – Saturday, 27.05.2023 – Diyarbakır
Name: Köprücü
Price: 600 TRY/night (24 €)
Furnishings: a/c
Breakfast included.

Day 332 – Monday, 29.05.2023 – Siverek
Facilities: toilets with drinkable water, picnic table
Disturbance: traffic noise
Underneath a roof next to a petrol station; the staff hapily allowed us to camp here.

Day 333 – Tuesday, 30.05.2023 – Eceler
Surface: solid earth; bit bumpy; flat
Wind Shelter: only from north

Day 334 – Wednesday, 31.05.2023 – Karadut
Name: Işık Pansiyon
Beds: one double, one single
Karadut has only a very very basic shop, buy everything you need in advance! However, you can also buy meals at the Pension.

Day 335 – Thursday, 01.06.2023 – Cendere River
Surface: gravel-sand mixture; bit bumpy; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: only in evening/only in evening
Wind Shelter: only from west
Visibility: visible from the dead-end road that leads to the old roman bridge, very few cars only
Disturbance: quiet, except for one or two cars passing by

Category: Private (Camping)
Space for: 1 tent, many more without rain/sun shelter
Wind Shelter: only from north
Visibility: hidden from the main road, visible from the adjacent old hotel
Disturbance: the friendly old man quarding the distroyed old hotel invited us to the hotel many times
It is in the yard of an old hotel that was distroyed by the earthquark in 2023; they seem to try to fix it again, but without heavy machinery it will take a long time; we were invited by an old man that guarded the hotel for tea, dinner, using the rather dirty toilets and sleeping in one of the rather dirty hotel rooms; he was very nice, but also a bit pushy; we decided to sleep in our tent, but we had a nice time with him otherwise.

Day 338 – Sunday, 04.06.2023 – Pazarcık

Surface: earth; even; slight slope

Day 340 – Tuesday, 06.06.2023 – Göksun
Visibility: visible from the distant road
Accessibility: easy, potentially a bit muddy if wet
Disturbance: quiet, except for sheep

Day 341 – Wednesday, 07.06.2023 – Göksü River
Surface: crushed stone; but bumpy; flat
Wind Shelter: almost none
Not very nice, but probably difficult to find a better place in the area, unfortunately.

Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no/close to the entrance of the park yes
Wind Shelter: almost none
Facilities: drinking water, toilets, picnic tables on the other side of the park
Disturbance: other park visitors around, the adults ignored us, but we seemed to be very interesting to the children
It is inside a quite busy public park, but the end with the wooden planks suitable for tents is rather quiet, except you attract the attention of the children.

Day 343 – Friday, 09.06.2023 – Bakır Dağı
Surface: concrete; even; slight slope
Space for: 1 tent, a few more on the adjacent forrest floor
Visibility: slightly visible from the road
Facilities: drinking water, picnic table
Disturbance: quiet, except for cows passing by

Day 344 – Saturday, 10.06.2023 – Yahyalı
Surface: dusty concrete; bit bumpy; flat
Visibility: close to the main road, but hardly visible
Accessibility: need to carry up your equipement one flight of stairs
Facilities: drinking water
It is the roof top of an old, unused building (which itself has again a roof).

Day 345 – Sunday, 11.06.2023 – Soğanlı
Name: Emek Pension
Price: 500 TRY/night (20 €)
Beds: two single
The room is actually quite cool, because it is in a very old building that feels a bit like a cave. But it's also rather dark, so nothing to chill out for a few days.

Day 348 – Wednesday, 14.06.2023 – Derinkuyu
Name: Unfa

Day 349 – Thursday, 15.06.2023 – Ilhara Valley
Wind Shelter: almost none
Visibility: there is no mainroad nearby, but it is visible from the adjacent gravel road
Accessibility: easy from Belisırma, very challenging (but beatiful) from Yaprakhisar
Facilities: access to rather dirty river

Visibility: visible from the distant main road
Disturbance: quiet, except for the distant traffic and sheep in the morning

Day 351 – Saturday, 17.06.2023 – Göreme South
Surface: dust; bit bumpy; flat
Accessibility: difficult due to very steep paths, requires to remove panniers and push the bike without them
Disturbance: quiet, but tourists might want to visit the cave
Inside a cave of a fairy chimney; if there is no wind or rain excepted, you can also camp on a plateau nearby, but the surface is a bit prickly there.

Day 352 – Sunday, 18.06.2023 – Göreme North
Surface: short grass, a bit prickly; even; flat
Space for: 1–2 tents, 1 or 2 more few meters up the hill
Visibility: hidden from the gravel path to the southwest, visible from the valley underneath
Accessibility: easy if you come from south, very exhausting (steep, heavy pushing required!) from the north; the final short path to the very spot is guarded by a chain (we removed the chain and closed it again behind us) and these last meters will also require some pushing due to the slope
There were no ballons on the day that we were there, but it will be the perfect spot for balloon watching.

Name: Yıldız Apart Otel
Booked at: otelz.com
Beds: one single, one bunk bed
Furnishings: fully equipped apartment (incl. kitchen, couch, table, chairs), but no kitchen utensiles, so you need your own pot, knives etc.
Big balcony. Note that the location is wrong on Google Maps and on otelz.com. You see on our track that we had to ride around in whole Ürgüp to find the place.

Day 358 – Saturday, 24.06.2023 – Çevlik
Surface: quite flat rock or earth; there was an old carpet around that we put underneath our tent; bit bumpy, if you don't use the carpet; flat
Space for: few tents (but only one carpet ;-))
Shade for tent/sitting: only in morning/yes in the morning, only little in the evening
Wind Shelter: only from east or south
Visibility: not hidden, but far away from the main road

Day 359 – Sunday, 25.06.2023 – Karakuyu
Surface: mid-long grass, a bit prickly; bit bumpy; slight slope
Visibility: not hidden at all, but far away from main roads
Accessibility: accessible by a quite long earth road, ridable, but potentially muddy if wet

Surface: mid-long grass; even; flat
Space for: 2 tents
Accessibility: need to jump over a tiny creek adjacent to the spot; we removed the panniers for that step
Facilities: access to river
Disturbance: quiet, but cows might pass by

Day 361 – Tuesday, 27.06.2023 – Divriği
Space for: 2 tents
Shade for tent/sitting: only little/yes
Visibility: there is no mainroad nearby, but it is visible from the adjacent gravel roads
Facilities: access to clean creek
Disturbance: quiet, except for one or two cars passing by the dirt road and the barking dogs of an animal shelter nearby (they are behind a fence)

Day 362 – Wednesday, 28.06.2023 – Angu
Surface: sand; even; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: yes, mainly in the evening/yes
Accessibility: ridable gravel path down to the river
Facilities: access to clean river
Belinda got a leech when bathing in the river, so be warned. But as you probably know, they are mainly nasty and not really harmful.

Day 363 – Thursday, 29.06.2023 – Dutluca Pass
Surface: earth; bit bumpy; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: no/not too far away yes
Accessibility: requires a bit pushing to high and prickly grass

Day 364 – Friday, 30.06.2023 – Kemaliye Canyon
Surface: crushed stone; bit bumpy; flat
Space for: 1–2 tents, more if you can accept lower surface quality
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: yes, if you work hard to remove the crushed stone from the surface/yes
Visibility: the silhouette of the tent is potentially visible from the gravel road inside the tunnel
Facilities: access to clean creek
Disturbance: quiet, except for one or two cars passing by the dirt road

Day 365 – Saturday, 01.07.2023 – Boğaziçi
Shade for tent/sitting: only little/yes
Visibility: slightly visible from the distant road, well visible for the small road nearby with little traffic
Accessibility: need to push down a small embankment from the road
We've been looking for a camp spot for at least 20 km on that day and this one was the first one that we found.

Day 366 – Sunday, 02.07.2023 – Erzincan
Name: Moonlight Apar Otel
Booked at: otelz.com
Furnishings: private kitchenette

Day 369 – Wednesday, 05.07.2023 – Derindere

Day 371 – Friday, 07.07.2023 – Peri River
Surface: a bit prickly mid-long grass or sand-gravel mixture; bit bumpy; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: yes on prickly gras/yes
Wind Shelter: yes on prickly grass
Accessibility: you have to cross a grass field
Facilities: access to river

Day 372 – Saturday, 08.07.2023 – Tekman
Surface: short grass; even; slope
Space for: 1–2 tents, more if you can accept lower surface quality
Visibility: visible from the main road
Disturbance: a bit traffic noise; a shepherd came by and invited us to his home, but we had alreay built up our tent and stove

Day 373 – Sunday, 09.07.2023 – Kayabaşı
Surface: gravel; even; flat
Space for: 1–2 tents, more if you can accept lower surface quality
Visibility: slightly visible from the main road
Facilities: access to rather dirty river

Day 374 – Monday, 10.07.2023 – Sırataşlar
Surface: short grass; even; slight slope
Space for: 2–3 tents, more in higher grass
Shade for tent/sitting: no/yes
Wind Shelter: only from east
Visibility: visible from the main road
Facilities: drinking water, picnic table with roof
Disturbance: picnic area, potential noise from other guests; the close mainroad has little traffic only

Name: Güngören Otel
Breakfast included.

Day 379 – Saturday, 15.07.2023 – Akyaka
Surface: short grass, some cow poop around; bit bumpy; flat

Day 380 – Sunday, 16.07.2023 – Lake Çıldır
Surface: mid-long grass; bit bumpy; slight slope
Wind Shelter: no, and it was quite windy
Visibility: visible from the gravel road with low traffic
Disturbance: quiet, except for one or two cars passing by the dirt road

Day 381 – Monday, 17.07.2023 – Mozeret Pass
Surface: short grass; bit bumpy; flat
Visibility: well hidden from the main road, but not from the picnic tables
Facilities: picnic table with roof

Surface: long grass; bit bumpy; slight slope
Accessibility: a bit of pushing uphill through high dense grass

Day 383 – Wednesday, 19.07.2023 – Borjomi

Day 384 – Thursday, 20.07.2023 – Utslevi
Surface: short grass; even; slight slope
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no/only inside the adjacent ruin
Visibility: not well hidden from the center of the village, but the locals allowed us to put up the tent here
Facilities: drinking water spring about 40 m west
Disturbance: children were playing at the playground nearby but they were not interested into us
It is on the fenced ground of an abandoned house; the place was offered to us by the locals of the village; later somebody told us there is a beautiful camping spot in the next side valley about 2 km north.

Day 385 – Friday, 21.07.2023 – Katskhi Pillar
Surface: short grass; even; slight slope
Space for: 2 tents, place for many more not too far away
Shade for tent/sitting: only little/yes
Accessibility: 2.7 km from the main road over rather bad gravel road that requires some pushing at certain section (but mostly ridable)
Viewpoint to the Kazchi pillar nearby at 42.28756, 43.21701.

Day 386 – Saturday, 22.07.2023 – Tkibuli

Day 387 – Sunday, 23.07.2023 – Kutaisi

Facilities: clear water spring at 42.56497, 42.68941

Day 390 – Wednesday, 26.07.2023 – Mele
Space for: many tents, especially if you go on the other side of the fenced area
Wind Shelter: if you put up the tent closer to the dirt path, then potentially yes
Visibility: well hidden from the main road, less hidden from the gravel paths with very little traffic

Day 391 – Thursday, 27.07.2023 – Zagaro Pass
Surface: short grass; bit bumpy; slight slope
Wind Shelter: no, and it was quite windy
Visibility: hidden from the main road, visible from the little chapel and the viewpoint
Accessibility: 800 m distance, 90 m altitude from the pass, so a bit steep and potentially muddy if wet; ridable if dry
Disturbance: the chappel attracts some visitors and locals were playing loud music from their car, but only until sunset

Day 392 – Friday, 28.07.2023 – Ushguli
Name: Guesthouse Svanuri Saxli
Price: 42 GEL (15 €)

Day 393 – Saturday, 29.07.2023 – Ushguli North

Name: Spardishi Tower
Price: 45 GEL/night (16 €)
Bath: shared
Furnishings: armchair, shared kitchen

Day 398 – Thursday, 03.08.2023 – Lakhamula
Facilities: drinking water fountain at the restaurant down at the main road

Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no, except for the ruins nearby/no, except for the ruins nearby
Disturbance: quiet, but there were cows around

Day 400 – Saturday, 05.08.2023 – Taleri
Shade for tent/sitting: no/only little
Wind Shelter: only from west
Facilities: access to clean river
Disturbance: quiet, but there were locals taking baths in the river as well

Day 401 – Sunday, 06.08.2023 – Rioni River
Surface: short grass, but probably very muddy if wet; even; flat
Accessibility: easy, if weather is dry, else probably very muddy
Disturbance: quiet, but a lot of lifestock (mainly cattle) around; they leave at night but came back in the morning and bit our gear

Name: Guest-House NaNa
Price: 30 GEL/night (11 €)
Bath: shared
Furnishings: shared kitchen, chairs and table on the huge shared balcony
No a/c and it was very hot when we were there.

Day 404 – Wednesday, 09.08.2023 – Makhinjauri
Name: Hotel Niks
Price: 46 GEL/night (16 €)
Furnishings: chair and desk, a/c
For this price it was actually quite good. Lots of restaurants, bakeries and supermarkets very close by.

Day 407 – Saturday, 12.08.2023 – Batumi
Name: Guesthouse Gorgasali 57
Furnishings: shared kitchen, a/c

Day 409 – Monday, 14.08.2023 – Khichauri
Accessibility: fully loaded bicycles need to be unpacked for the last 5 meters to get from the gravel path through the bushes to the hidden place
Facilities: access to clean river
Disturbance: weird distant gun fire noise in the evening

Day 410 – Tuesday, 15.08.2023 – Goderdzi
Surface: concrete; even; minimal slope
Accessibility: short, but very steep concrete path
Facilities: mineral water well, drinkable, but tastes a bit weird
Disturbance: a few locals came to fill up water until late at night and in the morning again and they will inevitably come very close to the tent

Day 411 – Wednesday, 16.08.2023 – Adigeni
Shade for tent/sitting: only in evening/yes
Wind Shelter: only from east and south

Day 412 – Thursday, 17.08.2023 – Aspindza
Visibility: slightly visible from the road
Accessibility: rather easy, short steep gravel path, possible to push the bicycles with luggage

Day 413 – Friday, 18.08.2023 – Vardzia
Shade for tent/sitting: no/a little from small trees
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no, except for the dirty ruins nearby/no, except for the dirty ruins nearby
Wind Shelter: no, except for the dirty ruins nearby
Visibility: slightly visible from the gravel road with very little traffic and from the distant tourists visiting Vardzia
Perfect view on Vardzia, which is illuminated at night.

Day 414 – Saturday, 19.08.2023 – Ninotsminda
Name: Hotel Sharl
Furnishings: shared kitchen

Day 417 – Tuesday, 22.08.2023 – Akhuryan Valley
Shade for tent/sitting: only in evening/only in evening
Wind Shelter: only from south
Visibility: visible from the gravel road with NO traffic while we were there

Day 418 – Wednesday, 23.08.2023 – Gyumri
Name: Sayat-Nova 2
Furnishings: armchair
You live there together with an old lady, probably the mother of the owner, and it was a bit weird. For exmaple, she complained about the vast amounts of luggage we carried up the stairs and brought into our room. Would not want to stay there for more than one or two nights.

Day 419 – Thursday, 24.08.2023 – Aparan
Accessibility: easy, maybe muddy if wet

Day 420 – Friday, 25.08.2023 – Mt. Aragats South
Wind Shelter: no, and it was very windy
Visibility: visible from the paved road
Facilities: picnic table, drinking water at 40.47283, 44.18898
Disturbance: quiet, but may well be used by other tourists and overlanders as an overnight spot

Day 421 – Saturday, 26.08.2023 – Mt. Aragats
Visibility: visible from the distant road/restaurant opposite of the lake
Accessibility: taking the path east of the lake requires some climbing and pushing (took us 40 min from the paved road); by going west of the lake, you need to pass a closed gate by crwaling through (took us 15 min in total)
Disturbance: the restaurant opposite the lake played loud music, but not until too late

Day 423 – Monday, 28.08.2023 – Echmiadzin
Visibility: visible from the gravel road with low traffic
Accessibility: easy, although the gravel road to this place is quite dusty and potentially very muddy if wet
Disturbance: quiet, only very one or two cars in the evening on the gravel road next to the tent
View on Mt. Ararat.

Day 424 – Tuesday, 29.08.2023 – Yerevan
Name: The Best Hotel-Hostel
Price: 10.463 AMD/night (24 €)
Beds: one bunk bed
Furnishings: chair and desk

Day 428 – Saturday, 02.09.2023 – Garni
Category: Camp Site
Surface: perfect short grass; even; flat
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: there is a terrace with a roof, don't know if you are allowed to use it for a tent/yes
Visibility: hidden from roads
Accessibility: from Garni it's an uphill gravel path; takes 20–25 min from the Symphony of Stones main entrance
Facilities: cold shower, dirty toilet
For 1000 Dram/person the military guards of the Chrosrow reserve will allow you to camp on the garden of the administrative building; you'll have the 4/5 view only if you camp in front of the porch with no shade.

Day 429 – Sunday, 03.09.2023 – Shaghap
Surface: rather stony earth with a bit dry grass; we camped on the path were cars flatted everything a bit; even; flat
Space for: 1 tent on acceptable ground, a few more if your not so picky
Visibility: visible from the distant road

Day 430 – Monday, 04.09.2023 – Noravanq
Surface: concrete; alternatively long dry grass, which is a bit prickly; even; flat
Space for: 2–3 tents on concrete, many more on the long dry grass
Wind Shelter: only from west
Visibility: visible from the road
Accessibility: easy, there is a gate but you can open it
The site is a small archaological site, there is a gate (which can be opened easily) and cameras, but a sign welcomes visitors and nobody disturbed us while we were there; about 700 m south there's a restaurant with a nice owner and you most probably also could camp there on nice grass.

Day 431 – Tuesday, 05.09.2023 – Arpa River
Space for: 1–2 tents, place for many more on more prickly gras
Shade for tent/sitting: barely/yes
Disturbance: quiet, except for one or two cars passing by the dirt road

Day 432 – Wednesday, 06.09.2023 – Getap

Day 433 – Thursday, 07.09.2023 – Selim Pass
Surface: short grass, a bit prickly; even; slight slope
Wind Shelter: no, and it was quite windy
Facilities: drinking water from a cattle trough nearby

Day 434 – Friday, 08.09.2023 – Lake Sevan South
Space for: 1 tent, a bit further north there's space for more, but it's also more bumpy
Wind Shelter: yes, but not from west
Facilities: access to rather dirty lake
Disturbance: a car drove by in the middle of the night and they went onto the lake with a boat, other than that, quiet

Day 435 – Saturday, 09.09.2023 – Lake Sevan North
Surface: earth with little grass; even; flat
Facilities: access to clean lake
Disturbance: picnic area, potentially other guests, but while we were there no one came and it was very quiet

Day 437 – Monday, 11.09.2023 – Margahovit
The staff of the petrol station let us sleep on the floor of the waiting room next to the toilets; that was quite clean and warm; good option in case of cold/rainy/stormy weather.

Day 438 – Tuesday, 12.09.2023 – Vanadzor I
Name: NOY Guest House B&B
Beds: one double, one single
Furnishings: couch

Day 439 – Wednesday, 13.09.2023 – Vanadzor II
Name: Angela's Place
Furnishings: fully equipped apartment (incl. kitchen, couch, table, chairs)

Day 440 – Thursday, 14.09.2023 – Odzun
Surface: short grass, but rather prickly, except if you camp directly on the path (no cars came by while we were there); even; flat
Visibility: slightly visible from the distant road, well visible for people visiting the monastery/viewpoint

Day 441 – Friday, 15.09.2023 – Akhtala
Visibility: well hidden from the main road, but not from the old house nearby
Disturbance: quiet, but an old man living in the adjacent old house came to us several times in the evening; he was friendly, gave us tea and sweets, but he was also a bit weird and "touchy", e.g. he insisted that we should take a shower in his house or yard, which we had to refuse many, many times

Day 442 – Saturday, 16.09.2023 – Marneuli
Name: Komfort
Furnishings: a/c, upon asking the friendly staff alowed us to use their kitchen

Day 445 – Tuesday, 19.09.2023 – Mravaltskaro Reservoir
Surface: firm sand; even; flat
Space for: 1 tent, but you'll find space for more in the area
Visibility: rather visible, but there's virtually no traffic on the gravel roads around
Accessibility: easy creek crossing required, but that may be more difficult after rain
Facilities: access to rather dirty lake

Day 446 – Wednesday, 20.09.2023 – Sabereebi Monastery
Surface: long grass or dry mud (both muddy if wet); bit bumpy; flat
Visibility: visible, but no traffic at all
At the foot of the cave churches of the Sabereebi monastery; tons of mosqiutos came out after sunset; 300 m east is an old building, door is open and it is quite clean and not smelly, has enough space for a tent, so you have wind/rain/sun shelter.

Day 447 – Thursday, 21.09.2023 – Gamarjveba
Shade for tent/sitting: barely/yes
Wind Shelter: yes except from south
Visibility: well hidden from any road, theoretically visible from the houses far away
Accessibility: 1 km steep gravel path, took us 15–20 min from the main road
Facilities: picnic table with roof
Disturbance: picnic area, potential noise from other guests; but it's rather hard to reach, so probably the changes that you are alone are quite high
There is an old but clean church the doors of which are "locked" only by twisted wire; in the case of very bad weather you can "break in" and put up your tent inside.

Day 448 – Friday, 22.09.2023 – Kasristskali
Surface: dry mud with a marginal amount of grass; bit bumpy; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: no/little bit
Wind Shelter: only from north a bit
Visibility: only slightly hidden from the gravel road, but there is basically no traffic
Probably muddy if wet.

Day 449 – Saturday, 23.09.2023 – Vashlovani I
Surface: gravel-sand mixture; even; flat
Space for: few tents, but with varying surface quality
Shade for tent/sitting: little bit /yes
Accessibility: short steep path, pushing required for 10 m
Facilities: picnic table with roof, dirty toilet
The door of one of the two shelter huts was not locked, so you could put up your tent inside if the weather is really bad.

Day 450 – Sunday, 24.09.2023 – Vashlovani II
Surface: firm sand/earth; even; flat
Facilities: drinking water, picnic table with roof (not 100% rain proof)
Only place in Vashlovani Nationalpark where you can fill up water; if you stay here, you MUST take the short walk to the vew point at 41.10777, 46.63977, it absolutely stunning.

Day 452 – Tuesday, 26.09.2023 – Sabatlo
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: there's a garage the doors of which were open and there'd be enough space for a tent (concrete floor); else no/yes
Visibility: visible from the gravel road with no traffic
Disturbance: border guards checked our permits; it's an official ranger station of the park where camping is explicitly allowed, but it's probably also the least busy stations of all of them

Day 453 – Wednesday, 27.09.2023 – Khirsa
Surface: mid-long grass; bit bumpy; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: little bit /yes
Visibility: hidden from the main road, only slightly visible from a gravel road with little traffic
Disturbance: a cowherd with his cows came along at about 7 pm and seemed a bit unhappy about us putting our tent half-way onto the grass-overgrown path; but he left us alone after a minute; constant humming of a nearby electric transformator, but not too loud

Day 454 – Thursday, 28.09.2023 – Sighnaghi I
Name: Mango Guesthouse
Furnishings: shared apartment incl. kitchen and living room

Day 458 – Monday, 02.10.2023 – Sighnaghi II
Name: Apartment Giorgi in Sighnaghi
Bath: private (but outside of room)
Furnishings: shared terrace

Day 461 – Thursday, 05.10.2023 – Eniseli
Surface: slightly muddy forrest ground with a bit grass and leaves; even; flat
Visibility: hidden from the road, visible from the gravel path, three cars came along in the evening
Disturbance: dogs running around and barking on each other

Day 462 – Friday, 06.10.2023 – Abano Pass Valley
Wind Shelter: not along the valley
Visibility: visible from the gravel road with low traffic
Facilities: drinking water nearby up at the gravel road
Disturbance: loud river

Day 464 – Sunday, 08.10.2023 – Tianeti
Surface: grass; even; slight slope
Shade for tent/sitting: no, but probably you'll find a spot with shade nearby/yes
Wind Shelter: no, but you might find a place between the nearby trees which provide wind shelter
Visibility: only visible from a very distant section of the road

Day 465 – Monday, 09.10.2023 – Tbilisi Gldani
Name: Nino
Furnishings: fully equipped shared apartment (incl. kitchen, couch, table, chairs)
The owner of the apartment also lives in this apartment and you rent her guest room.

Day 466 – Tuesday, 10.10.2023 – Tbilisi Vake

Day 468 – Thursday, 12.10.2023 – Tbilisi Saburtalo
Name: Belonas Green Room
Booked at: airBnB
Furnishings: couch, shared kitchen

Day 488 – Wednesday, 01.11.2023 – Tbilisi Mtatsminda
Name: Rustaveli Tbilisi Yard
Price: 540 €/Monat

Day 532 – Friday, 15.12.2023 – Tbilisi Samgori
Name: Cozy urban retreat, your home in the city
Price: 630 €/month
Beds: two double beds (two bedrooms)
Furnishings: fully equipped apartment (incl. kitchen, couch, table, chairs, even a dishwasher)

Day 599 – Tuesday, 20.02.2024 – Zhinvali
Wind Shelter: only from east/west
Disturbance: traffic noise and a very annoying dog continuously barking at us in 20 m distance the whole night
Behind a hotel building which was apparently out of business.

Day 600 – Wednesday, 21.02.2024 – Pasanauri
Name: Garden Hotel
Furnishings: balcony

Day 601 – Thursday, 22.02.2024 – Gudauri
A couple of French cyclists, who voluntarily worked at this White Shino Hostel for a couple of weeks, organized that we could stay here for free.

Day 604 – Sunday, 25.02.2024 – Stepantsminda
Name: Ninos Guesthouse
Laundry: fee required
Furnishings: shared kitchen

Day 605 – Monday, 26.02.2024 – Vladikavkaz
Category: Dormitory
Name: Pillow Hostel
Price: 1300 RUB/night (14 €) for two beds in a 4-bed dormitory
Booked at: hotels.ru
Beds: bunk beds
Nice, new, modern hostel.

Day 606 – Tuesday, 27.02.2024 – Samashki

Day 607 – Wednesday, 28.02.2024 – Grozny South
Name: Apart Guest House
Price: 2300 RUB/night (24 €)
Booked at: hotels.ru
Furnishings: shared kitchen

Day 608 – Thursday, 29.02.2024 – Grozny North
Name: Parma Hotel
Price: 2300 RUB/night (24 €)
Booked at: hotels.ru
The cheapest room is in the forth floor without elevator; in case you have a choice, the Apart Guest House in the south of the city is clearly the nicer place (for the same price).

Day 609 – Friday, 01.03.2024 – Kargalinskaya
Wind Shelter: not from west
Visibility: visible from the dead-end gravel path, hidden from roads
Accessibility: quite easy, pushing down a one meter high slope

Day 610 – Saturday, 02.03.2024 – Razdolye
Altitude: -25 m
Wind Shelter: not from west
Visibility: well hidden from the main road, but slightly visible from a little farm nearby

Altitude: -27 m
Name: Gastinica Mekegi
Price: 2000 RUB/night (20 €)
Beds: three single

Day 612 – Monday, 04.03.2024 – Artezian
Altitude: -21 m
Space for: 1 tent with wind shelter from east, more without wind shelter
Shade for tent/sitting: only in morning/yes
Wind Shelter: not from south
Visibility: behind a building of a non-operational petrol station, well hidden from the road
Disturbance: a bit traffic noise, also a dog showed up who was quiet at first but in the night apparently needed to loudly bark away other dogs or crows every 30 min
Behind the building of a petrol station, which was not operational when we were there.

Day 613 – Tuesday, 05.03.2024 – Ulan Khol
Surface: PVC with a thin layer of sand; even; flat
Accessibility: 1 km sandy path, might be muddy if wet
Inside an abandoned farm building, not smelly and rather clean, just some amount of dust/sand on the floor.

Day 614 – Wednesday, 06.03.2024 – Dzhalykovo
Surface: mid-long grass; bit bumpy; slight slope
Accessibility: pushing for about 100 m through some shrubs

Day 615 – Thursday, 07.03.2024 – Vyshka

Day 616 – Friday, 08.03.2024 – Ikryanoye
Name: Gastinica Sauna 24
Furnishings: couch, table, chairs, fridge

Day 617 – Saturday, 09.03.2024 – Astrakhan

Day 618 – Sunday, 10.03.2024 – Ganyushkino
Name: Kurulay Hotel
Price: 14.000 KZT/night (29 €)
Breakfast 600 KZT, Wi-Fi only in the lobby.