Saturday, 12 August, 2017 --- Day 26 -- From Baku To Athens

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Saturday, 12 August, 2017 --- Day 26

From Baku To Athens

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Riding time: 0 hours 0 mins

Avg speed: 0 km/hour

Max speed: 0 km/hour

End day odo: 2905 km

Dist covered so far: 1205 km

Coordinates: 40.369800N 49.839600 (Mr. Hostel)

Alt: 98.5

Uneventful day.

I got up sluggishly and late. Eventually went out to the same store I had been yesterday, Oscar market, and bought rope (ip) which I needed to tie Spithas’s box tight and securely.

Mr. Hostel

I did tie the box up and spent the rest of the day surfing the internet or just doing nothing.

When I checked my emails, I saw an email from Alex inquiring, whether I had arrived in Baku. I responded, giving all the info including my location. In the meantime, Khayle had made arrangements for a friend of hers instead of a cab to pick me up at 19:00 and drive me to the airport. Her friend’s name was Asia and Khayle insisted that I knew her. Actually, I did know her. She was the beautiful lady that had done the night shift for the last two nights. I just did not know her name.

The two Spanish viageros Ryan and Dani returned and we chatted for a while. Finally, as I was gradually starting to get ready, Khayla shouted to me that a friend was looking for me. I assumed he was Alex. Instead, he was Chris. What a pleasant surprise. He had gotten my info from Alex. Alex and Dea had arrived two days ago and it appeared they would bike another 70 kms to take the ferry to Khazakstan as it was difficult to catch it from here. We chatted about his trip, the end of my trip, and about biking into Baku. We had followed different routes.

Chris and I at Mr. Hostel

It was almost 19:00 and Khayla notified me that Asia had arrived. Chris helped me carry the box downstairs and Khayla kindly carried the bag. We loaded the staff in the car, I embraced Chris, wished him the best, and we took off. Baku is a splendid place so was the drive. As we drove towards, Asia gave a short tour by pointing at the different sites on our way. Finally, we arrived in time.

Asia – airport.

Asia helped me load Spithas on a cart and then drove away. I went into the building and located Turkish airlines. I just had to pay a 60 Euro fee for Spithas but everything else went smoothly.

We took off at 22:00 and arrived in Istanbul 3 hours later. It was uncomfortable but I managed to take a short nap.

The Istanbul airport is huge. I had to walk for almost a mile to go to the info booth, where the info I got was that there was no info. My flight to Athens was at 7:15, so I had 6 hours to spend. I was really sleepy. I found a bench and did what everybody else around me was doing, I took a nap. Rather uncomfortable but “beggars cannot be choosers.” I got up at 5:00. By that time the gates had been assigned, so I walked another mile to gate 308.

Off I was to Athens

This is the end of one more of Vassilios wanderings around the world.

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ΕΙ ΘΕΟΣ ΥΠΕΡ ΗΜΩΝ, ΤΙΣ ΚΑΘ’ΗΜΩΝ; Προς Ρωμαίους 8:31

IF GOD BE WITH US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? Romans 8:31