I was on the Southern coast of Turkey heading East towards Mersin, where I would then go North up to Cappadocia. The roads were mostly flat busy coastal roads with the occasional detour inland over some small hills. I met this guy Alex, who caught my attention on Instagram. He’s a young guy at 19, cycling from the Netherlands around the world on his Impressively tall Tall Bike, with a small trailer in tow with his cute dog Nova.
We actually met in person once before at the Rainbow Gathering, but I wasn’t in much of a headspace to communicate properly with. We left at similar enough times and a week later, we met up with each other on the road. I came storming down a nice hill very fast, saw him and his bike, along with another rider and I slammed on the brakes.
There it was, in all its might, a beautiful touring bike. Alex and Nova his dog.