Day 12 : Konya to Karapınar
What seemed to become a rather monotonous day with many flat kilometers, turned into a great day. The route was flat, a bigger road. No spectectular surrounding, a lot of large-scale agriculture and stock farming. All the kebabs have to come from somewhere... This region is definitely richer than the area in the mountains. Houses are mostly new, bigger and have a much higher standard, petrol stations have Starbucks and are very clean. At the first stop in a village, some kids enjoyed their bikes. And there is always someone asking where I'm from. Next stop was for lunch. I went into one of these grocery shops to get some sweets and water. It was raining outside and the owner invited me for a çai and a coffee. He spoke a few words of English. After half an hour, the rain had stopped and I left with his telefoonnumber on a piece of paper - in case of emergency. With dark threatening clouds in the sky, it was just a question ...