A One-Man United Nations on Two Wheels
A Life with Bicycle Tours
INDIA
India 2007
I flew from Istanbul to New Delhi, actually I hate flying if I'm on the way by bike. I had a big cultur shok in my first step in India. It's difficult to discribe, you just have to live it. But it's the reality there are thousands of different region in the world that we no idea about their culture. I rode from India to Nepal and flew to Bangkok. From there I went for a new adventure to Laos and came back to Thailand. I was 4 months on the way with my bicycle. I would like to share my experience with you. I thank you for taking your time to be with me.
Things can happen. 
I wrote a lot of comments under the pictures but one day I pressed the wrong button in Laos, then all the comments have dissapeared 
I had to rewrite everything again from the beginning.
Keep biking and smiling
At the Gandhi airport. The first impression was terrible. I expected an airport with world standard. Indians put a nets under the ceiling to keep the falling parts unfortunately I couldn't take a picture.
A shuttle bus from the airport to the city. If you see this bus you may take a first flight back to home. 
A talented street tailor in a colorfull world
A street restaurant front of the public toilett.
A women demonstration
Sikh Temple
The main railway station of New Delhi
Heeeeeeeeeeeeey open the way, I'm coming.
Friendly musicians.
An inexpensive share taxi
You wouldn't believe if you dont see it, but it's treu. A grave in the middle of the main road.He must be a famous person.
Amaizing Taj Mahal
Kathmandu - NEPAL
I was standing front of the Nepalese border for a new adventure. I actually made a different experience in India. Sometimes I was very happy sometimes not, it's the vocation on the bike. India was very colorfull country but the dirty enviroment made living there difficult. I really have to say I enjoy the Indian food. I could eat everything in restaurants because they usually offered vegetarian food. The weather was colder than I expected but I survived.
The border had no check point. They just recognised me from my outfit then I had to come back to get a visa for Nepal.
Most friendly immigration officer I have ever seen. He gave me a Nepal map and finished my visa in 2 minutes.
After India the culture has changed. In Nepal the women and men work, have a bath and live together thanks to Buddha religion.
After the border has everything changed. The roads were less crowded, the air and the enviroment were cleaner than India. I could breathe again.
I just needed a few minutes to have fun with kids.
Look at the brave passenger. 
The roads were not so good everytime.
I had a feeling that I was riding in Switzerland.
Run, run an alien is coming by bike.
A concert in the middle of the mountains and a nice meeting. I'm sure that I was the first Turkish singer for them.
You can see how challenging the roads were in the Nepalese mountains.
Kids, kids and kids everywhere and they were very happy to see me. I wish I could talk to them in their language.
A talentful tailer who could create nice things with limited materials.
A Nepalese Beauty. May be it was a good reason to come here next year again.
American have the famous "Hotel California and the Nepalese have the tiny "Everest Lamidanda Hotel"
I had to speed up before the big rock rolled over me.
Look at that the sweet T-shirt. I think his mum is the best choise for now.
I feel so good on the mountains' peaks.
The highes point of Nepal that I climbed. ( 8162 feet)
The famous Himalayan mountain chain.
Friendly Nepalese students shared their food with me.
We ate and danced all together.
Buddha beliving could be seen every where.
It was cold and dark suddenly. I didn't want to stay on the cold mountain over night and I rode to the lower valley in dark. But it was one of the dangerous ride in my life. It was so dark and the over taking the slow trucks was very risky.
After 3 cups (beer glasses) of tea I felt a little bit warmer.
Here is my luxury chalet without heating but it was at least clean. Having a warm blanket is the only luxury.
Women work harder than men, what I observed in the most of the countries.
A friendly Buddha greeting made my day.
Another hard day on the mountains.
Peaks were never ending.
Keep climbing and smiling.
I was a teacher in a school for a while. They wanted me in every single class rooms. It took me about 2 hours but I enjoyed it.
Look at that little baby. He must be a bright and a brilliant student and he deserved to study with the older class mates.
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A daily life for women.
Cute goats
Kathmandu Valley. I arrived Kathmandu after long climbs. I actually thought that Nepal should be colder but it wasn't in the day time.
Can you see the burnt window? The fire dancer must be not so talented.
I had a dinner in a Tibetian restaurant but I hate sitting on floor.
Strawberry vendors.
The old city in Kathmandu. Following pictures are from the old city center.
Friendly Hindus.
Hindu Temple
Hindu Sadhos, they don't like carrying any posessions. Can you see the metal chain belt with a pad lock that prevents sex all their life.
Another crematorium in Kathmandu.
Monkeys were every where.
A life is over.
Patana the part of the Kathmandu.
These words discribe me excatly.
Following pictures from Bhaktapur, an old capital in Nepal.
Unfortunatly my days in Nepal were over.
It's the most annoying job, packing my bike at the airport because I had a big audience.
Now the next destination is Thailand.
It was an interesting take off in Kathmandu. The aeroplane made a second round fly to get enough altitude to cross the high Himalayan mountains.
Himalayan Mountains, the last sight for this time.
I really liked the Nepalese hospitality and the nice country. I realised the mountains made me happier than flat land. The people were very very friendlyand I would visit Nepal soon.
THAILAND & LAOS
Thailand:
Population: 64,632,000
GDP per capita: $ 9600
Religion: 95% Buddhist
Literacy: 92,6 %
Number of 7-Elevens: 3800
Number one rice exporter in the world
Thailand is the best country to live during the Winter because of nice weather.
What a councidence... I studied with Jenny, a New Yorker girl, in England in 2002 and I bumpt into her in Thailand in our first day. We had a nice vacation together.
A cool boat trip in Bangkok
King's pictures were every where in Bangok.
A relaxing daily life at the river side.
Grand Palace in Bangkok.
You don't see that kind of tree often.
The famous Thai massage.
A Thai wedding party.I was a little bit dissapointed because they just sat, listened the music but never danced.
The Chinese new year party with a lot of foods for Buddha and fire crackers in Thailand
You see these scenes if you arrive Bangkok with a train
A pick-up to the Heaven
My last town Nongkhai in Thailand. Behind the Mekong river is Laos
A strange park with unusual and scary sculptures.
LAOS
Population: 5.6 million
Literacy: 66.4 %
GDP per capita: $ 2280
Number of elephants: 2000
The Friendship bridge between Thailand and Laos.
Bettina from Germany. I shared a hotel room with her and her husband. It was a little bit strange sharing a room with a couple but we built a very nice friendship in 3 days.
A happy Familiy, just for a picture.
Vientiane, the capital of Laos.
Vientiane is a very small and relaxing capital with 234 000 inhabitants.
After getting another Thai visa I was on the way to the North again. Ohhh it was very hot.
Rice fields. Rice is everything for the Asian families.
A very narrow bridge between China's and Thailand's main road connection.
That's Laos, nature and clean rivers
Spanish riders. When they gave me information about the road condition for the next days, I knew I had to climb and climb.
Sugar canes' juice was really power resources for the hot days.
Hey look at the biker.
It still looked that the nature is untouched
I could count the fishes in the river.
They were no more sacred like in India.
I didn't want to know what they ate.
Young mothers. No, no they were only the sisters, who took care of the babies. But the legal marriage age is 15 and if a foreigner wants to marry a Lao citizen he or she needs to get an approvel from government.
A small village.
There were a lot of snakes on the roads in Laos. I had to ride very carefully.
Do you see the man with a gun, a security guard for a bus. All the main road from south to north was very dangerous area. Busses had security guards like him. In 2006 two swiss cyclists have been killed by gun fire on the road where I had to go in next 3 days. Then I hesitated after that story a while but I still trusted in friendly Laotianers and in myself. Decision: Keep biking. 
This picture showed that the time is 100 years back.
Non stop Party. Laotianers like drinking, singing and dancing. I was invited often but drinking driving is not so easy on two wheels. 
A blond girl, seldom to see.
Look at that romantic couple and their love nest. They were having a bath in their bathroom that attached to their house.
Village market. I love markets. You can find unbelievable products there. You see a lot of fruits that you've never seen before and you can taste them you buy only If you like Look at the next picture.
A tastefully display. It was already grilled, ready to eat. 
Early in the morning. I usually started my days at 6 am. I could ride in cool before the sun got stronger.
The mountains never ends in Laos. One of the my longest climbing was 22 km and it took 3 hours. It was painfull under the strong sun.
Around 85 % of Laos is mountainous terrain.
A commune bathroom in a village. Good the ladies didn't realise that I took their picture.
Mmmm... Delicious, especially if you are starving in the mountain. The nuddle soup is the main dish in Asia.
A view like in a movie, but it's real.
When I saw the boys with gun, I didn't know if they were government soldiers or terrorists and I approached them carefully. They looked like somebody on the street, I could recognize them from their smiley face that they were soldiers.
I had a 2 days amazing boat trip in Mekong river. I could see a lot of villages where you are not able to reach with a car.
An untouched village that can be reached only by river way.
Shower time in Mekong river.
I hope they find a lot of gold.
An interesting play ground for kids.
If he is lucky he can catch a cat fish, a huge fish weights about 200 kg in Mekong.
The captain had a difficult job. He had to concentrate every single second all the day because the river was very shallow sometimes and a lot of rocks araound.
After 2 days we arrived the Thai border.
Thailand front of me.
I was in Thailand second time in this year.
Thailand is famous with it's beautiful tempels.
Thais eat about 200 different insects, good protein resources and they don't understand why we don't like them.
I already met another adventurers during the boat tour. We had to have short drinking breaks because of terrible hot weather.
Two flying dutch cyclists. They were bored working as a truck driver and started biking for 1 year.
Thai new year Songkran festival. The people poured water each other. I didn't see anybody who got angry even you got sometimes a full big bucket of ice cold water. Frankly, I didn't like that game too much , sorry my Thai friends.
A typical Thai dinner with my Thai friends Man and Bo.
It was my bike tour in 2007/08. I loved it mostly but I hated it sometimes too. It wasn't a usual vacation but I could learn a lot from different cultures. When I was alone on the road I could listen my soul and I am sure that I found a better way to enjoy the rest of my life. I had a chance to compare the life styles between the countries, poor and rich and I saw and realised we, who read these lines are very lucky to have a better life standards than the most of the people in the world.
I will be very happy if you dropp a few lines in my "Guest Book" . Thanks.