User:Nyph

Hi, friends of the sun,

I am Ny, a Berliner in her young twenties. I just started hitchhiking recently, with a friend of mine, but also alone.

Trying to share my experiences with you!

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First trip alone through Eastern Europe (incl. RO, BG, TR)

April 29, 2018

start: Bucureşti, RO destination: İzmir, TR

I started around noon in Bucureşti: [[1]] - 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