Getting to our nightly stops has been tricky sometimes.
We have used Google maps which has allowed us to follow our progress however it is easy to lose the saved route over a day of navigating. My local data plan seems to not always work but for some reason the little blue dot does work.
We decided not to trust the electronics when it was asking us to take a dirt track off a very minor road 50kms from the Hittites excavations.
Coming into Istanbul we decided to stop a night on the outskirts after a seven hour drive. Istanbul is enormous. The locals say it is 20m people.
Our route map had refreshed and disappeared but (feeling clever) we had saved the directions.
Useless!! The directions talked about road names and they were non existent on the ground. The road signs talked about town and suburbs only.
So, what do you do when you get to the right suburb in an extremely congested busy city. Ask a local!
This was a good plan as the Turkish people love to help. The only difficulty is finding somewhere to park without being honked and then being understood. Outside of tourist areas there is a lot of one word English spoken (yes).
We found three very kind people who tried to help. Each time we got closer.
They drew us maps (see photo)
We were pleased when we correctly guessed that a lamp was a traffic light.
No comments:
Post a Comment