Digital Wanderer

We live as long as we fly

Turkey — 20, Overnight stay at a campsite near Tekirdağ

In the last part, the story left off with us finding something resembling a campsite. Upon closer inspection, the campsite turned out to be daytime only, at least in the spring – there was no shower, and the owners were about to leave for the night. I went to have a chat with them before they took off. When he saw me, an ordinary-looking guy of average height and build crawled out, a little bit tipsy. He was in a friendly mood, but, naturally, didn't know a word of English. I, as usual, tried to tell him in my usual gibberish “two tent one night me want, how much?"?”.

A man in a camouflage jacket and dark track pants stands on a dirt road near a grassy slope and looks away. In the background, green trees and an upward curve of the road with a puddle are visible.

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Turkey — 19, The Summit

So, as you might have guessed, great trials lay ahead of us (okay, maybe not quite so dramatic in reality, but still not easy).

Keep in mind that in the morning we had already climbed 300 meters and come back down, and not linearly, but constantly going up and down.

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