Motorbike trip in EU.

1. 4 – 12 Jul 09 EU Trip

2. 01.07.09: Pendik RORO Waiting for Oguzhan & Yigit at Istanbul tolls on our way to Pendik. Piranhas are humanists and make friends under every circumstance.

3. 01.07.09: Pendik RORO We parked our kids inside the RORO. Thanks to dearest Irem’s father Ali every paper work is smoothly done. You are great Father Ali!

4. Adventure starts

5. Day 1- 04.07.09: Istanbul  Trieste Waiting for the plane… We arrived a little bit (4 hours) early for the departure. It takes off at 07:00. All that Piranhas needed at that time was sleep.

6. 04.07.09: Istanbul  Trieste Landed on time in Slovenia. Now it’s time to get to Trieste with our friends, truck drivers.

7. 04.07.09: Trieste A praise to Trieste on the wall of the barrack inside the port. Where the hell are we?

8. 04.07.09: Trieste RORO will arrive 8 hours late so we relax… We need to sleep until the RORO comes before we head for 370 km.

9. 04.07.09: Trieste Don’t say wow looking at the AC, it doesn’t work.

10. 04.07.09: Trieste Piranhas is the type that is most adaptive to tough conditions within homosapiens species.

11. 04.07.09: Trieste Piranhas are social…

12. 04.07.09: Trieste There it is, the RORO. It is 16:00.

13. 04.07.09: Trieste Port crew are prisoners that are used by government for heavy duty jobs.

14. 04.07.09: Trieste Kids arrive safe and clean to Trieste.

15. 04.07.09: Trieste Bye Trieste. Wheels roll at 17:30 to Zadar.

16. 04.07.09: Trieste  Zadar Got to Crotia over Slovenia. Below scene is from Bakar in Crotia. It’s 19:37 and we have a lot kms to ride.

17. 04.07.09: Trieste  Zadar Lucky Piranhas. It’s a fest in a small town in Crotia. Most probably the whole population of town were there.

18. 04.07.09: Trieste  Zadar No nooo it’s not what you think, Yigit is just asking for directions to Zadar.

19. 04.07.09: Trieste  Zadar Oguzhan is happy actually…

20. 04.07.09: Trieste  Zadar Arrived Zadar at 02:30. Rode 370 kms and we are wasted. Mehmet is getting rid of the beautiful receptionist in bikini telling her that the group has to sleep as the answer to her ‘what are you guys are planning for tonight’ question and Piranhas happily fall asleep immediately. 370 km

21. Day 2 - 05.07.09: Zadar  Split Piranhas woke up at10:30. Oguzhan, Mehmet & Ozgur slept in one room and Yigit slept in the kitchen. Piranhas know when to unite…

22. 05.07.09: Zadar  Split Piranhas are sensitive to nature...

23. 05.07.09: Zadar  Split Piranhas getting prepared…

24. 05.07.09: Zadar  Split A bungee bridge on our way to Split and nice view.

25. 05.07.09: Zadar  Split We leave Split at around 17:30 and head to Mostar.

26. 05.07.09: Split  Mostar Nature is generous among our way…

27. 05.07.09: Split  Mostar Piranhas are self confident and can urinate public even in Europe.

28. 05.07.09: Split  Mostar Piranhas are opportunistic, Piranhas are self-sacrificing…

29. 05.07.09: Split  Mostar And we are in Bosnia. We are hungry and we have an hour of ride left to Mostar.

30. 05.07.09: Split  Mostar We are almost in Mostar but we lost Ozgur. Bullet holes on the walls, traces of war are still there…

31. 05.07.09: Split  Mostar We are in Mostar at22:00. We meet Ozgur there. Below are the view of Mostar Bridge.

32. 05.07.09: Mostar  Dubrovnik So little left to Dubrovnik… It’s 02:30… Just Piranhas on the road… We shoot a great pic with our tripod. Piranhas shoot the best picture.

33. Zadar  Split  Mostar  Dubrovnik We arrive Dubrovnik at 03:30. Rode 515 kms. 370 km 515 km

34. Day 3 - 06.07.09: Dubrovnik Sea, sunshine, beach, no top, sleep…

35. 3. Gun - 06.07.09: Dubrovnik City ride in the afternoon

36. Day 3 - 06.07.09: Dubrovnik Dinner in old town

37. Day 4 - 07.07.09: Ferry We are on the ferry, we are different. We are comfy.

38. Day 4 - 07.07.09: Ferry Attention to the evil eye on Oguzhan’s wrist

39. Day 4 - 07.07.09: Ferry Some Piranhas are rich, some Piranhas seem to be rich

40. Dubrovnik  Bari Ferry arrives Bari in 9 hours 370 km 515 km

41. Day 5 - 08.07.09: Bari  Possitano  Naples We stop at a village in Italy. Piranhas are stylish, they don’t use helmets but straw hats

42. Day 5 - 08.07.09: Bari  Possitano  Naples We are very close to Possitano. Piranhas are technical guys.

43. Day 5 - 08.07.09: Bari  Possitano  Naples Possitano…

44. Day 5 - 08.07.09: Bari  Possitano  Naples We sleep in Naples. No pic shot in Naples, below is a pic from the web.

45. Bari  Possitano  Naples Out from Ferry at 08:00 and headed to Naples. 340 km: Made our way through Possitano and it was a remarkable ride. 370 km 515 km 340 km

46. Day 6 - Naples  Bari  Igoumenitsa We go back to Bari to get to the Ferry to Igoumenitsa. 370 km 515 km 340 km 265 km

47. Day 7 - 10.07.09: Igoumenitsa  Thessalonika 50 kms after Igoumenitsa we have a breakfast in a small village at a tasty cafe.

48. Day 7 - 10.07.09: Igoumenitsa  Thessalonika Nature generous.

49. Bari  Igoumenitsa  Thessalonika Ferry goes in 11 hours from Bari to Igoumenitsa. 370 km 515 km 340 km 265 km 320 km

50. Day 8 - 11.07.09: Thessalonika Yigit gets poisoned after night life experience in Thessalonika and Piranhas get split. Ozgur & Oguzhan leave today to be able to read their Sunday papers in Istanbul. Leaving their friends behind cost them ride with waste bags on their feet. Piranhas are not ‘all for one, one for all’ type…

51. Day 8 - 11.07.09: Thessalonika Ataturk’s home…

52. Day 9 - 12.07.09: Thessalonika  Alexandrapolis  Istanbul Great fish in Alexandrapolis and we are back on the road.

53. 9.Gun - 12.07.09: Thessalonika  Alexandrapolis  Istanbul We are 2 kms away from the border.

54. Day 9 - 12.07.09: Thessalonika  Alexandrapolis  Istanbul And we are in Turkey…

55. Thessalonika  Istanbul 390 km 535 km 350 km 275 km 340 km 2.500 kms, 5 countries, in 9 days 610 km

56. THE END