Wednesday, October 02, 2024

2024 Turkey: Çanakkale to Pergamon

 The morning after our stay in Çanakkale, we left the hotel.  Our destination was Pergamon, the ancient capital of the kingdom of Pergamon (or "Pergamum", as we often know it at least in the U.S.).  There is not a great deal to this post, just pictures of the countryside of Turkey as we drove - the kind of thing that never makes its way into actual travel videos or programs.







At this point we have left the Dardanelles.  The water in front of us now is the Aegean Sea.





Looking up from the water.








4 comments:

  1. Nylon125:50 AM

    Well you certainly had good weather on that trip TB, blue skies mean blue water. What was traffic like?

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    1. Nylon12 - Our guide commented the weather was unseaonably good for that time of year (mid-April); usually it is colder and wetter.

      Traffic was not heavy at all - outside of Istanbul of course, which was a nightmare. We did not actually venture too far into many urban centers - only Istanbul and Ankara, as I recall.

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  2. One of the things I have noticed over the years is that roads in foreign countries typically surprise me. Almost without exception, their main thoroughfares are immaculately maintained. I contrast them to ours which are generally patched up and beat up affairs. I don't know if it is just more attention to infrastructure or less traffic overall due to being less affluent.

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    1. Ed, I am not sure I know the answer. In general in Greece and Turkey the roads were well maintained - but they also struck me as being newer as well (and in some cases, definitely newer). It could be usage as well - cars are certainly more expensive to keep there.

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