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start: Bucureşti, RO

destination: İzmir, TR

I started around noon in Bucureşti: [[http://hitchwiki.org/en/Bucure%C5%9Fti]]

- I started a few meters before the gas station mentioned on the Bucureşti page. (see link above)

- After 15min a driver stopped and took me to Ruse, BG.

-- He recommended to start in the city, not on the edge of the way out, but I wouldn't know where to start though.

- From there I caught a truck to the border of BG/TR, near Edirne. I jumped out because the truck had to queue up in a line of km where other trucks were waiting as well.

- After walking a few km, I found a ride to İstanbul.

- You must know that it is not uncommon to be dropped out in the middle of the highway. I didn't know that and told the driver to drop me at a gas station. Otherwise I feared my life. :D

- Unfortunately I ended up there at around 11pm, after having crossed the border my mobile phone network died (I have a German sim card), although it actually should have worked due to Roaming, and that is how I got lost. I was not able to use Google Maps or to contact anyone. Seems like no one speaks English in Turkey. I found a nice guy who called a Turkish friend of mine to help me find my way to the bus station (otogar). I'm lucky I wanted to visit a Turkish friend.

- The guy took me to otogar.

- Unluckily there were no busses going to Izmir anymore.

- Also, I couldn't use the metro anymore and the next hostel was many kms away.

- I decided to find a BlaBlaCar. That car would go at 4am and so I joined the ride for around 50 lira.

May, 2018

- From İzmir I took the Izban to Selçuk, walked from there to Ephesus, hitchhiked back to Selçuk and then hitchhiked to Şirince. From there I hitchhiked back to Selçuk again to get my backpack and hitchhiked to Kuşadası.

- Finding a ride to Şirince can take some time, be patient. I waited around 20min. It was at around 6/7pm.

- I started to walk back to Selçuk, got a ride after 10min.

- To Kuşadası: I started walking out of the city, and found a ride after 5min. The Turkish couple was a little older and didn't know Google Translate, that's why I called another Turkish friend of mine to let him talk to them. They dropped me in the center of the city.

- I'm thinking about letting a Turkish friend recording a voice message or writng a copy to explain, what I am doing and who I am. Communication is really hard, when you don't speak Turkish. :D

Next stop: Pamukkale