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When we left Turkey apart from a beautiful country we also left lots and lots of friends behind. If ya didn’t know it already you’ll know it now: WE LOVE YOU TURKEY!!!
Its been a wonderful time and it deserves an apropriate Video! Our next Episode will show some of the amazing landscapes we came across leaving Turkey and entering Iran…
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If we manage to gather the missing 162 Euro in order to fill the 10000 – BY THE END OF THIS WEEK- Johann will get a Bicycle-Tattoo!
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After Johann left the Team in Tehran Maush, Erik and Thomas went on to Esfahan. Other than the boys Maushami didn’t get her visa extended. the officials refused to do so and sent her back to Tehran claiming that only there she would be able to get an extention. While Maush is still struggling with the Iranian officials in Tehran Thomas and Erik are heading on towards the Iranian desert. They said that they want to increase the average amount of kilometers up to a hundred per day! At the same time the temperature is rising and circumstances are getting tougher. The official video to TJAY’s song “PRESSURE” is peppered with some of our footage from the tour and the lyrics fit just perfectly to the challenges our two “Soldiers for Change” are facing at the moment: THE PRESSURE IS ON!
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Why Johann suddenly packed his bike and flew to the other side of the globe…
Shortly after we reached Iran I received a message from a friend in Brazil. He said that he had to talk to me and that it was urgent. In a skype call he explained t
hat he was going to make a movie for Brazilian Telvision and that he wants me to play in it. My first reaction was „that impossible! I’m on a bike tour to India…“ He offered to pay for the flights and all expenses if I could make it to Brazil by the 18th of August and stay for 10 days.
Riding my bike through the beautiful iranian countryside I was confused and undecided about what to do. After all I was supposed to accompany my team mates through out the whole trip. Then again it was my plan to go to Brasil after this project and stay there together with my girlfriend who is already in Rio.
When I heard about some other bikers who cycled through Iran and went to Dubai in order to fly to India, I thought – that’s it! I found out about a friend who is doing an internship in Dubai and speculatet about staying at his house. So I told the Brasilians that I could make it, if I went to Dubai first, left my bike with the friend, then came to Brazil to make the movie and then came back to take my bike, fly to Pakistan and join the others on the road again… They agreed. The idea was so crazy that I couldn’t reject the offer anymore. Read more →
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The Team has reached Tehran and many things have happend. Maushami was denied the visa for Pakistan and had to wait for one week to get her Indian visa done. In that time Johann received a Job offer as an actor in a Brazilian movie that he couldn’t reject. Thomas and Johann explain to you what’s happening and how the tour will be continued…
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Es wird Zeit, dass wir in mehr Details erklären warum und wie Toiletten Leben retten. Und keiner kann das besser als die German Toilet Organization, die sich auf Aufklärungsarbeit rund um Toiletten spezialisiert hat.
In dem Flyer “Warum Toiletten Leben retten” erklärt die GTO anschaulich, warum Toiletten so ein wichtiger Baustein für nachhaltige Entwicklung sind.
Hier kannst Du uns mit Deiner Spende helfen Toiletten in Indien zu bauen.
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Cómo promover una causa y atraer personas para apoyar la misma?, Cómo poder combinar diversión y conciencia ambiental? Quiénes podrían contribuir monetariamente para un proyecto, quiénes serían el apoyo emocional durante todo el proceso?. Todas estás preguntas y muchas más han surgido en algún momento cuando se ha querido sacar adelante un proyecto ambiental, sin embargo, jugar con tantas variables no es fácil, muchos han perdido el impulso inicial Afortunadamente, este no es el caso del grupo de “GUTS FOR CHANGE” – “VALOR POR UN CAMBIO” o en un español más de mi tierra, Colombia: “Berraquera por un cambio”.
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We had a wonderful host in Malatya who not only provided us with lots of hospitality but also cheered us up with his joyful character! We got to see Mount Nemrut and were very lucky to meet Sara Joy and her friend Ammon who both encouraged us in a very competent and motivating way…
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Oh Ive been a very bad daily blogger! Very very bad. Here is the low down on our final leg in Turkey and saying goodbye to this amazing country. For me this means saying goodbye for at a full5 years for overstaying my visa. Read more about how I become one of THOSE dodgy Africans below.
10 July 2012
We were all set to leave Malatya and the lovely home of Ercan when we discovered that his new couch surfers, serendipitously had been set from the Universe to school us a little. Sarajoy has a crowd funding platform of her own and Ammon has experience with toilet projects. The boys have said alot about how amazing it was to brainstorm with them over breakfast and how they pushed us to realise we could do so much more. High Five Universe!
We left late and did about 50kms. It was getting dark when I mentioned to the boys that I would like a hot meal. We stopped at a shop instead to buy some bread but got invited to join in on a braai by the shop owners.
It was already dark with a beautiful starry sky when a truck stopped and three young guys got out to chat to us. They were on their way back to Elazig and offered us some chai from their jug. They set off and we started cycling again. About an hour later we were looking for a spot to camp and, having few options available, decided to sleep next to the road. As we were setting up camp our trucker friend, Ikram, found us again armed with honey melons and, oddly, a red velvet cushion with the words ‘Seni Seviyorum’ or I Love You printed on them. This was a little gift for me. I needed a pillow ever since my globetrotter travel pillow exploded in the first week of the tour, and lets face it everyone needs a little love. So I was very pleased.
