TREV and 'GAP' - an adventure by bicycle starting in Athens, June 2002:
Trevor Allen and Gareth Parks, 30 y-old friends from High School days, set off with their pushbikes by air to Athens, where they would start a 6,500 trek through Greece, Turkey and Iran. Gareth ('GAP')hadn't been overseas before.
They met at Melbourne High class of '87 when they were fifteen. Their paths diverged, Trev into Physiology and Gareth to Chemistry. Now 30, they decided to throw in their jobs, fly to Athens and bicycle through Greece, Turkey, and Iran, more than 6,500 kms in all, returning to Oz in October via Teheran, Iran, thence flying to Malaysia.
Getting to Emirates Departure area (Limited Stand-Time) slightly chaotic.
Gareth arrived by car, saw no Trev, & took off again around the block. Finally they met up to offload pushbikes (loosely wrapped in cardboard - easy for airline staff to check...
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| FIRST STAGE - ATHENS TO TURKISH BORDER at Dogubayazit -for IRAN |
