Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Cycling the world - Asia: 16 episode
Racing toward the Iraqi border before my Turkish visa expires I start the day having breakfast with the family who hosted me overnight. The landscape becomes dry and desertlike as I ride along the Syrian border and the heat grows heavy and humid among endless corn fields. I take a short nap on a filthy couch outside a small shop then re route onto the main highway to save seventy kilometres on the way to Silopi. I load my thermos with ice from a giant ice block stand used by truck drivers and sleep under grape vines beside the highway where the neighbours invite me for dinner.
Next morning I push east again following the Syrian border in intense heat stopping at bus shelters when I can. I camp in a field by the road then follow the wall that separates the two countries until the Tigris River becomes the border itself. I reach Silopi the day before my visa expires collect a package with winter clothing from DHL and find a cheap place to sleep while I wash my laundry and reorganise my kit for Iraq.
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Cycling the world - Asia: 16 episode
Racing toward the Iraqi border before my Turkish visa expires I start the day having breakfast with the family who hosted me overnight. The landscape becomes dry and desertlike as I ride along the Syrian border and the heat grows heavy and humid among endless corn fields. I take a short nap on a filthy couch outside a small shop then re route onto the main highway to save seventy kilometres on the way to Silopi. I load my thermos with ice from a giant ice block stand used by truck drivers and sleep under grape vines beside the highway where the neighbours invite me for dinner.
Next morning I push east again following the Syrian border in intense heat stopping at bus shelters when I can. I camp in a field by the road then follow the wall that separates the two countries until the Tigris River becomes the border itself. I reach Silopi the day before my visa expires collect a package with winter clothing from DHL and find a cheap place to sleep while I wash my laundry and reorganise my kit for Iraq.
MY GEAR FULL LIST: kit.co/davidetravelli
SUPPORT my round the world bike expedition:
Donations: paypal.me/davidetravelli
Postcards' Club: alaska2patagonia.com/postcards-club
Follow me:
Blog: alaska2patagonia.com
Instagram: instagram.com/davidetravelli
Facebook: facebook.com/davidetravelli
Twitter: twitter.com/davidetravelli
#bikepacking #biketouring #bikelife
#bicycletouring #cycling
*Some links in this description are affiliate links and therefore when clicked, if you buy the service or product I may make a small commission off of that sale. My opinions on products and services remain unbiased.
