16.4.2013

Km counter: 42927 today: 75 sum: 7809

N36°46’49” E031°24’05” – N36°54’16” E030°41’35”

Today I sleep sleep sleep. Waking up well past afternoon I get up quickly and get coffee at the bar. I say good morning to a guy who hasn’t been there yesterday and he replies “It’s afternoon!” I don’t say good afternoon then. After coffee I get on the road quickly. Yesterday in the rain I noticed a loss of power and hoped it was because of the heavy rain then. But today conditions are great and still our top speed is stuck at around 65. I guess it’s the distributor cap – something with the ignition. When I stop at a petrol pump one guy speak little german and they tell me to go to a big ford dealer who is just around the corner. The guys at the ford dealer like Suryananda but cant help themselves. They send me to another mechanic. Its somehow always the same with Ford dealers…. However the mechanic says it’s the camshaft again and it will be 50 – 120US$. What to do I think – he will repair it tomorrow morning. I have seen a Mc Donalds just around the corner and remember the free wifi they have everywhere so I get my stuff and go there. No wifi so I go back to the car. I hope I will be in Olimpos tomorrow as I have to be in Istanbul by Monday. For tonight I spend in a filthy area close to the mechanic. Not the best day of the week!