MOBY GOES TO TURKEY. A tam and pups adventure.

Morning Tam, looking forward to following your adventures again.
We’ve just got back from a few weeks in Turkey. We were on an organised tour as we’re not as brave as you! One of the tour leaders was Turkish which was a great help when one in our group needed a new radiator fan thingy (sorry not technical). We were not in touristy places and travelled along the Back Sea and down the middle, too chilly now for you.

A few tips. Google translate was really good when Nick and I went out on our own. Download it before you get there . Everyone was very helpful and kind. Garages were cheap and don’t rip you off for repairs, a few needed things done not on our fortunately.

Fuel cheap, they serve you, it’s routine to give them 10 turkish lira. They all sell lpg.
Turkcell local sim, 15gb, lots of minutes and txts was £9 for 30 days and then easy to top up with as little as 5gb. Nick had this in his dual sim android phone. We went to a main shop for the initial card but after that you can top up anywhere.

I had an esim on my iphone as well as I was a bit neurotic about how quickly we’d get to a Turkcell shop (3 days) and I wanted google maps and to be able to contact the little treasures! Airalo.

Roads a mixture of amazing and absolutely dreadful. Their approach to road signs and speedlimits seems rather flexible. Undertaking is normal. They give a friendle toot if you’re in the way.

The best place to find a clean toilet is outside a mosque but make sure you leave the dogs in the van.

There are dogs wandering about everywhere, a lot have been neutered and tagged. They didn’t seem aggressive and I’m a wimp around dogs. We met a few motorhomers and the only one who’d had problems was a German chap but he was sure that was because his male Bernese hadn’t been neutered so he’d carry a big stick when out walking.

If you’re sticking to the West coast you won’t have much trouble buying lager but Migros and Carrefour are the two that routinely sell alcohol. The others didn’t. Efes is popular.
 
carolyn said:
Morning Tam, looking forward to following your adventures again.
We’ve just got back from a few weeks in Turkey. We were on an organised tour as we’re not as brave as you! One of the tour leaders was Turkish which was a great help when one in our group needed a new radiator fan thingy (sorry not technical). We were not in touristy places and travelled along the Back Sea and down the middle, too chilly now for you.

A few tips. Google translate was really good when Nick and I went out on our own. Download it before you get there . Everyone was very helpful and kind. Garages were cheap and don’t rip you off for repairs, a few needed things done not on our fortunately.

Fuel cheap, they serve you, it’s routine to give them 10 turkish lira. They all sell lpg.
Turkcell local sim, 15gb, lots of minutes and txts was £9 for 30 days and then easy to top up with as little as 5gb. Nick had this in his dual sim android phone. We went to a main shop for the initial card but after that you can top up anywhere.

I had an esim on my iphone as well as I was a bit neurotic about how quickly we’d get to a Turkcell shop (3 days) and I wanted google maps and to be able to contact the little treasures! Airalo.

Roads a mixture of amazing and absolutely dreadful. Their approach to road signs and speedlimits seems rather flexible. Undertaking is normal. They give a friendle toot if you’re in the way.

The best place to find a clean toilet is outside a mosque but make sure you leave the dogs in the van.

There are dogs wandering about everywhere, a lot have been neutered and tagged. They didn’t seem aggressive and I’m a wimp around dogs. We met a few motorhomers and the only one who’d had problems was a German chap but he was sure that was because his male Bernese hadn’t been neutered so he’d carry a big stick when out walking.

If you’re sticking to the West coast you won’t have much trouble buying lager but Migros and Carrefour are the two that routinely sell alcohol. The others didn’t. Efes is popular.
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That's a very comprehensive and informative post. Was this trip organised from the UK or Turkey?
 
CaptainPaul said:
Heard on our weather forecast down your direction is getting rain for a day or two, hope your able to get your work done before you go
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Yeah it's bleeding peeing it down this morning , I'm still in bed . I ain't lying under any vehicles in this lol.
 
Northernraider said:
Yeah it's bleeding peeing it down this morning , I'm still in bed . I ain't lying under any vehicles in this lol.
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Hopefully it'll clear up later 🤞

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Sid52 said:
That's a very comprehensive and informative post. Was this trip organised from the UK or Turkey?
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It was organised from the UK with GB motorhome tours. This is the 2nd time they’ve done this particular one and they are doing it again in 2025. There were a few Funsters on it. It’s our 3rd tour with them. PM me if you want more info. Don’t want to hijack Tam’s thread.
 
Boys' night out last night, Tam, me, Paul (Helen Ariel ) poor Helen has done her back in so couldn't join us and my mate Jon JonP .
They approved of the Curry house, same one I took Garry Just smiffy to.

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Lenny HB said:
I'm finally up. :giggle:
Last time it rained this much in November was about 35 years ago, people were windsurfing on the A27 Chichester Bypass.:eek:
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This was the club secretary at Bognor Golf Course 12 days ago
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Theres a great wee Campsite in Bodrum, right by the beach bit of a dump but cheap as chips loads of dogs run around the site and no one bothers you or them, there's a good "looky looky" (fake gear) shop across the road sells everything from a pin to an anchor lol I taught Mustafa the bar owner how to pour Guinness he probably still can't do it right! 🤣 but a great wee chill out site

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Horrible cold wet damp day here today. Been trying to get my satnavs to work today but having no bloody luck . I think maybe my xgody one is faulty as I can't get it to work using the sd cards I have with latest maps and uncle lenny tried to update the map on the actual unit and we've not had much luck there either.

My other one is an agioss unit and only 5inch , can't find updates for that anywhere online.

Not the best time to be doing it with ferry tomorrow.


In other news I've now booked my ferry from italy to Greece with viamare , so I'm on that 3rd December bari to igoumenitsa. Just hope I have no more issues with the van. I'm a lot more anxious this year than I have ever been.
 
Think we've got somewhere with satnav now. Will find out later when I go to the port later. I've to check in by 9am tomorrow so I'm heading along there tonight and will just park up at the booth overnight
 

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