We got vısas!

After much delay and toing and froing (which is none too easy when your on a bike I can tell you) we've just received our visas for Iran. Hoo RAAAAHHHHH!! If we hadn't gone through Iran it would have been a hell of a long, hard detour so three cheers for the Iranian embassy :-)

I have spent a significant amount of my time checking out scarf wearing styles to see if i can work out which will be the most aerodynamic and able to withstand fast downhills. I'm sure there will be more pictures to follow. So now we'll start to concern ourselves about acquiring one for Pakistan, tis a never ending quest.

Turkey has been amazing so far. People are incredibly kind going out of their way to help us, not only giving directions to where you want to go but actually walking you there so you don't get lost, which can be a bit of a mare when you actually already know what you're doing but hey de ho. People also have a complusion to feed us. In rural villages people who have been working in the fields run up to give us food, at one point we had 5 melons (we would have had more if we hadn't stopped the flow). To save us carrying them we ate the lot in one sitting resulting in us rolling around at the top of a hill with turkish melon belly. Its quıte pleasant.

We've been staying in Cappadocia for the last couple of weeks which has been stunning. The whole place looks like something from a star wars set (I think some of it actually was). All caves for scrambling around in and amazing valleys. This was all enhanced by our campsite having a swimming pool, great views AND hot showers.

The campsite itself seemed to have a gravitational pull for people on crazed round the world trips (and if you think we're hard core we met a Kiwi couple who have been cycling for 4 years). So we've had chance to get the lowdown on places we are going to and witness a blindfold nutella competion with surprising results. But enough frivolity we're back on the road tomorrow heading east to Mount Nemut Lake Van and Iran. Brıng it on baby.
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