No.921
On the turkish side, the border was lined with demolished and abandoned concrete buildings, shit looked like gaza and we felt we are not in europe anymore. Later the scenery changed to pine trees along the road, felt like a wolf or a bear could show up any time but it wasn't bad.
At this point we were schizodriving for many hours and wanted to stop in Istanbul to get some money exchanged and sleep in a hotel. This was a huge mistake in hindsight but we didn't know any better so we pushed ahead. We arrived to turkey at dawn but since it's a different timezone, we arrived to istanbul at around 8-10 which is rush hour, of course.
Istanbul is endless and cramped. We also got the feeling we are not in europe since all the residential areas are made out of an endless sea of highrises (15+ stories easy), it looked like those chinese ghost towns (I've never been to china, of course) and each residential area had its own mosque. I just said fuck it and we tried to leave the place but as I already noted, it is endless. The ring road takes you through a series of hills, and you think the next one will be the last, but it is not. More residential areas, sea of cars.
At this point we realized we might be slightly fucked, since free wifi is not something that turkish gas stations have. We stopped at a burger king but that didn't have it either. We are not in europe anymore so data costs an arm and a leg
No.922
>reached serbia not long after which is an unsaveable shithole
dem spicy serb bitches
No.923
After leaving istanbul we tried to find a hotel but google maps took us to a gypsy camp (thank you google, I bet you did this because we say the n-word online). Shit looked like a nightmare so we left asap. We could see some nice mountains in the background. Such contrast between (sub)human poverty and natural beauty.
We kept rolling on the highway towards ankara and reached the mountainous area of bolu.
I had openstreetmaps downloaded on my phone which saved us in the end, we found a hotel near the highway without using any data (fuck you google, by the way)
This hotel ended up being one of the most expensive ones on the entire journey but it saved our asses after two whole days of schizodriving. This place had a huge mall as well so finally we could relax a little and we finally got some internet access too. Buddy tried pide which is something like a turkish version of pizza, shaped like a boat, but as a based meat eater I had to note most of the toppings involved less or no meat compared to european pizzae.
These mountains would put the Alps to shame, they were really nice
We could build a hyperborean meat eater raw milk mountain community here, just a side note.
The highways were insane. Huge inclines put a lot of stress on trucks heading towards ankara, many struggling to reach the top, they were doing sub-50 (kmh) on a 140 rated highway, thick black smoke bellowing from vehicles so ancient, they are only a distant memory in europe. In austria they avoid constructing taxing inclines like these and rather drill more tunnels or move more soil, because the climbing trucks kept blocking and slowing the car traffic as well
No.924
After this hotel nonsense we woke up feeling refreshed and continued our journey towards ankara.
There was a lot more weird shit on the highway. Some trucks were just doing 50 (kmh). Not on an incline, not fully loaded, not even old trucks. They just did it, because god knows why they did it. We've seen a guy on a scooter on the highway. We've seen a guy cycling on the highway. You do this in europe, the cops take you behind the barn and tear up your license and then shoot you. But this was Turkey, so nobody bat an eye. It's not like there was no police, on the contrary, we've seen a huge amounts of police cars, undercover or marked, roaming the roads, standing next to the road. They had the lights on, always, the utility of that on an undercover unmarked car is of course questionable, but it still happened. The police was well equipped, new and fast cars of any make in good condition.
They had built permanent checkpoints along the highway with bulletproof shields, police cars and even APCs. We got a lot of stares from the guys selecting the cars to inspect because of the foreign plates (in off season) and because the car we went with was tiny. Turks like big cars and two visibly europeans in a tiny car from a faraway land was an anomaly to them.
As we left the Bolu area, the Alps-style mountains with snow and pine trees slowly changed into dry mountains with small shrubs.
No.926
A few hours later, we reached Ankara. If you are an European, this truly feels like the middle east for you. (If you are a turk, this might offend you, which I understand, I would be mad too if someone compared hungary to bulgaria)
The roads are wide, the weather is dry, the sun is shining, no cloud in sight. The environment is dusty.
Still, great city, such an improvement compared to Istanbul. We finally felt relaxed here, the traffic wasn't that bad either and we were more or less used to turkish driving. Exchanged some money and found a hotel in the center of the city which was actually really cheap. After checking in, we met up with turkposter who took us to the best kebab place in ankara which was great. In europe, no matter if you see kebab or gyros on the signs, you will get some gyroslike streetfood shit that is unremarkable and sloppy, usually made from inferior meat. The real turkish kebab experience is more like a whole set of meals that includes soup (a bastardized version of this is usually what it poured on european gyros as sauce), unlimited access to fries, mushrooms and vegetables, the main dish is lamb wrapped into some kind of dough. The meal set ends with ice cream, sweets and tea. (The ice cream is really good by the way)
We ended up walking back to the hotel after that, not because of the bus ride to the restaurant was terrible, it wasn't (turkposter seemed to be ashamed of it, but I can assure you busrides in europe are no better, on the contrary), but we wanted to stretch our legs and see more of the city (and ofc talk shit to turkposter and smoke more marbeezies)
No.927
Before parting with turkposter for the night we hit up Migros which is the local supermarket chain that sells haram things like alcohol as well and bought some local beers like Efes (and some licensed, locally made like Tuborg). He recommended us some food items, snacks, all which ended up being really good
The beercans had a little metallic foil on top of them which is a really nice attention to detail, some of the more autistic europeans usually wipe the top of the cans (since you are putting your mouth to something that went through shipping and disgruntled supermarket employees). This, of course, would be not possible in the treehugging libtard-loving bullshit-bubble that is the european union, it was a really nice touch.
Our creditcards worked flawlessly despite having the fears of the transaction being blocked by my bank which has the vague, unprofessional description of "the transaction can be blocked if you travel to an exotic country, please notify us first"
After shopping we parted with turkposter and started sampling the beers, drinking a little more since we won't be driving the next day anyway. We took some cigarette breaks during the night and by then the bustling center in the inner city was quiet and deserted, cold setting in, in contrast of the mild 15-20C of the daytime this also reminded us of the sahara (sorry)
The beers were decent. Not much to write home about, but they weren't bad (hungarian beer is terrible compared to them)
No.928
The next day we set out to see more of Ankara with turkposter. We visited Anitkabir which is the mausoleum of Atatürk and it includes a museum of his life, the wars he fought and his personal collection of books and gifts from various other nations. This man singlehandedly saved turkey from ruinous western powers (that ruined europe to doom it to the state that it is in today), if you don't hate the french the brits and germans, now is the time to do so. We were impressed by Atatürk, every country would deserve to have a great person like this, but in reality, not many get to have so. We even met an other guy in the museum who was guiding some other people but upon noticing turkposter guiding us, he asked where are we from and shook my hand after finding out I am from the tribe of Attila the hun as well. Hell yeah motherfucker, turkic tribes should stick together.
In the afternoon we set out to visit another museum, but unfortunately we missed the opening hours. Still, the museum was located in the old districts of Ankara, lined with bazaars, steep hills, shops of all kinds and we had a good stroll there too. I enjoy these environments, we have some of this at home, lots of chill people. We bought a shoe from a friendly old turkish man here for my buddy which served him well throughout the trip (and made him look less autistic too, imagine the drip if we had stayed for longer, that nigga would have gotten the turkish rizz treatment, but hey, it's a start). It was nike AF1, or could have been a fake one, but the price was decent and the quality as well and it was pretty much the only shoe that was available in proper size (46-47 or 12-13 for you americans)
No.929
>>928>We even met an other guy in the museum who was guiding some other people but upon noticing turkposter guiding usthat guy is professor in some ankara university, he gave me his card but i accidently lost it btw
No.931
>>928look the second photo
2 autists :DDD
No.933
On the way to the hotel, turkposter took us a to burgerplace which sold an interesting iteration on the classic burger recipe by using some local dough recipe baked into a bun and used meats prepared in turkish fashion. It was decent and interesting.
Turks have this interesting business model in place which looks like arcades but it's homeconsoles and you can play them at these cafés. Not that we tried one, they were standard homeconsoles afterall but still, interesting to see.
When we got back to the hotel, some strange shit went down, our car was parked in front of the hotel and some 304 walked up to us and started talking to us since we are foreigners while we was smoking on that red pack with turkposter and talked shit. This woman first said I was handsome but upon finding out I was not the western european, she tried to rizz up my bud, who was also very confused. She showed us some google translate text that implied she wanted to move to western europe and she needs money (???) or a boyfriend (???), she even showed us her visa to said western country. We tried to brush her off a few times but she was persistent, we could only get rid of her after 30 minutes and she gave my bud her number. She didn't look like a bad girl, maybe a little old and a little craziness in her eyes but hey. Eh whatever. Went to sleep without drinking this time since we had a long day of driving ahead of us.
No.934
>>933that girl situation was wild
using me as translator, my incel ass, she stopped talking to you as soon as she learned you are not western enough
i swear geomaxxing is legit we going to take reddit swede to turkey his autism will be fixed inshallah :DDD
No.935
So, in other words, your favorite thing was the Ataturk mausoleum?
No.937
>>936nigga didn't mentioned mein kampf book part tho
his autist dutch friend noticed you can see mein kampf, swastikas everywhere. we were exploring pirated book bazaar and nigga saw mein kampf and he bought it for memes. i took a picture of him holding nazi book in front of bazaar tho
that part was also wild :DDD
No.940
>>921>(I've never been to china, of course)>>936>(I've never been to Australia)its cool i went there for you
No.944
>>943turks and italians eat a lot of tomatoes
big reason why they are bald
No.945
The border crossing was ass. They were really autistic about it, they separated me from the car, I had to go through an airport like structure while my bud had to go through the vehicle inspection.
The georgian woman at the counter asked some questions about the length and goal of our visit, seemed to be nervous by my vague answers after I told her we do not in fact have a hotel reservation already. But they let us pass. I had to wait for my buddy to get through with the car and I inspected my surroundings.
Georgia was something else.
In fact, it was the biggest blackpill when it came to alcohol.
The people in turkey seemed young and slim, while people in georgia seemed like husks and/or bloated messes.
The cars were no longer well kept unlike turkish cars, many had dents and ugly repairs on them.
Still, new country, new hopes, new fears. Will my credit card work?
We bought sim cards at the border so we had unlimited data this time, which was nice. European car insurance doesn't cover georgia so we had to get a temporary one there on the spot
The sim card guy ripped me off with 5 euro. Fine, unlimited data is still valuable. So we took off towards Batumi.
No.947
Let's talk about driving for a second. Turkey is interesting. If you are an european, it may seem like chaos. But it's still a very successful chaos. It's more like a school of fish moving together. We didn't see any accidents, or got into one, nor seen crashed and dented cars. Once you got used to it, you pick up on it and can expect what other drivers will do (which is unlike europe, where your expectations are more limited on the assumption that the other driver will obey the law or etiquette). It's still a freeflowing driving style that often ignores rules and common sense, but it is overall successful.
Now, georgian driving is like turkish driving but it has no flow. In a short time after crossing the border, we almost got into several accidents.
Without a doubt, this is caused by the brain damage that comes with alcohol. Georgian driving is just retarded, and when we left the country a few days later, we were glad to be back in turkey.
No.948
>>947what worse
visiting georgia but not gambling vs coming from europe but not bringing balkan femboy to motherland (serbian femboy) :DDD
No.949
We figured batumi wasn't our style and it was still early so we decided to push on towards Gori, the birthplace of stalin.
The unfinished highway didn't provide many opportunities in itself, it is still in its infancy. They didn't have a lot of gas stations, and the ones available weren't really finished, they just plopped down a square piece of concrete next to the highway, built the gas station on it, the exit lanes were short and crude.
I took a picture of this retarded dog for AWW, he likes retarded dogs.
The weather was cold, even if the sun was shining, it was a stark contrast compared to the lukewarm weather of coastal turkey. There were spots of snow everywhere and we could see huge mountains on the horizon.
No.951
We arrived to tbilisi and went to maccas to eat some trash. Turns out the trash there was different, Big Tasty there involves real meat, not frozen shit.
Booked a hotel and set out to get some supplies. There were 24/7s and the shops that weren't kept being open late into the night.
We bought more beer and some wine.
Here we had the face the first truth. Every beer in georgia is the same. They are all made in the same factory and it doesn't matter if they had a western label or a local label on it. There is only one beer in georgia.
Now, the wine, the second truth. Georgia prides itself on its wine. They even claim they invented it, or something. There is just one big problem: it's shit. It's bad. I'm not the biggest of sommeliers and gourmands when it comes to wine, it's not even my favorite type of alcohol to begin with. But I am from a wine country and I know a few things about it.
We tried two mid range bottles from the store which had a decent shelf dedicated to wine only. One was semi sweet red, and one was semi sweet white wine.
The red wine lacked depth. When you drink red wine, it should coat your mouth, stick to your insides and leave an aftertaste in your mouth. This had none of it. It washed down like a simple fruit juice. This was bad, real bad, so I tried the white one.
The white one was too sweet. The thought scares me as what do these people would classify as sweet wine if the semi sweet is already this far gone in one direction. This one also lacked depth.
This experience devastated me and along with a beer issue it put me off of trying anything else. We didn't even finish the bottles. Just left them in the hotel room when we checked out, defeated.
On the fourth picture there is an irl dark souls weapon that we found in the wild, I think code vein has something like this. Funny.
No.954
>>953The car situation in Georgia was interesting. They had US imports and japanese imports despite being far from both places. And ofc the occasional european import.
And they had chinese trucks as well.
We have even seen japanese german cars imported from japan to georgia with the japanese dealership stickers
Sometimes they cared and got their own US plate style plate on their cars, and sometimes they just fucking hammered in the EU style plates into US/JP plateholders. Depended on the owner, really.
They had US passats too and japanese kei trucks
It's interesting if you are an EU carfaggot