CHAOS IN ISTANBUL - We Were Warned!
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- We were well warned about the chaos in Istanbul, but how bad would, or could it, it really be?
No Turkey road trip would be complete without visiting Istanbul, but first, you've gotta get there and navigating the crazy busy roads, endless one-way systems, traffic restrictions and low bridges was a real challenge.
As we navigate into the centre of Instanbul at dusk on a Friday evening in search of our park-up for the night, we find out what those warnings were all about! But what happens at the bridge and does Tonka come out unscathed?
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İstanbul welcomed you with rain and now it's saying goodbye with rain nice vlog
Thank you 😀
Holy moly! We felt your pain at that low bridge, that’s our worst nightmare! We’ve got Istanbul to tackle in the coming weeks, thankfully we only need to go to the Asian side and not to far in to the craziness either! Another great Vlog guys 👍🏻
Hi guys, yeah t'was a tad tense at the time 😀 Istanbul’s full of low bridges but otherwise the rest of the country’s been great. Usually 4.5+
Awesome volg you can't beat panic mode at low bridges thankfully I built my truck a bit lower to help lol
Cheers 🙏, yeah a tad lower would be better but there’s still loads under 3.4m & you've really gotta have your wit's about you, but eh...all part of the adventure 👍😀
A fantastic video - so interesting - every aspect....
Hi Roger, thank you so pleased you enjoyed it 👍😊
Another very enjoyable vlog. I could feel the tension in the truck as you approached the 3.8m bridge. Amused by the policeman saying you couldn't park there and you then stayed 20 minutes! The traffic looked horrendous. I guess you just have to grit your teeth and soldier on but I agree with Phil, give me open spaces / open roads any day rather than cities.
Hi Peter, always good to hear from you. 😃😃 yeah it was a "Oh Shit" moment and yes you've no choice but to work it out, but in fairness the Police were really helpful & got the situation. We certainly won't be back there in the truck any time soon. Give me the mountains & desert every time. 🙏😀
Well it's great to be back with you both ! My wife and daughter both had a stay in Istanbul and said them roads and low bridges were shit to say the least they knew a few bits you were at and the grand bazaar
Hope you enjoyed the family get together
Safe journeys and all the best from Fiona and Gordon from Scotland
Hi Gordon, good to hear from you again. It's somewhere you’ve got to visit but it's fair to say I'm in no hurry to go back 😀
Hope all's well in Scotland 👍😀
Great video, guys!!
We are so glad that we avoided Istanbul on our European trip!!
All we could think while watching the bridge clip was..... UA-cam PEARL!! 🤣
Love the drone shots!!
J and D 👍
🤣🤣😉 - You got it 👌although we were actually thinking O crap, we've really done it this time. 🙄
I had this happen to me on an underpass in Paris. Mad stressful. I feel your pain. All you want to do is escape the spaghetti.
😊😊 Absolutely, it’s a little stressful but we lived to tell the tale (and we didn’t fall out, Bonus) 😁
😮 talk about stress. Incredible city though.👍 I thought Mexico city had big markets 😮
Would you say The rubbish issue is as bad as southern Italy? Is it more regional? 🤔
Love the ending cool little cooking show 😋 😊👍🥗🍽🍷🍲
😀😀 Thank you, yeah it maybe wasn't the best combo - Istanbul/truck and Friday rush hour 😫
The rubbish in Turkey is bad but I don't think it's quite as bad as Southern Italy/Sicily but there's not much in it. Appreciate the feedback 🙏😀
Brilliant as always, noted to avoid our van through Istanbul 😅 dinner looked amazing but can you remember the recipe 😂😂 thanks guys
Hi Sally, thank you yeah it's a huge city & doesn’t seem to calm, that's a very good question, I think it needs a few more tries. 😀
little tip for you - let some of the air out of your tires. also measure your height with your deflated tires and mark it down.
Hi Ron, yeah that's always an option & I have had to do it in the past, definitely last case scenario given the crazy city scene, everydays a school day 🙏😄
Fantastic again
Can I ask you mentioned a builder in Norfolk for bits on the truck who and where exactly are they also shower door looking for one can you pass on the provider's details in middle of a build following you for some time now but before I started our build looked at the very truck your driving small world. Dean Carole Suffolk
The Fabricator is M&M Body Builders just outside Blofield, east of Norwich, they're a small family run business.
The 10mm clear frosted perspex bathroom door was ordered to size with polished edges from "Trent Plastics" - ordered online & note you must stipulate polished edges otherwise it comes with a rough sawn finish. I bought the fittings separately & drilled/fitted myself.
Still not quite sure how you got under that bridge 😮
Hi Paul, lol I know I think it was a little higher on the lhs but that was just a guess 👍😊
Don't you have a truck navigation system where you can set the vehicle height in advance, or was the map just wrong?
Anybody who knows of a navigation where you can input your height then please share 🙂
@@CG-99 i use sygic truck for Android. Works not always perfect, but mostly. Check the map coverage first
We do & it’s great particularly in Europe, accurate 99.5% of the time. We’d pre planned the route with the truck sat nav but were re-routed due to a road closure, that funnelled us into a series of duel carriages & before we knew it there were height restrictions in all three options, I quickly choose the highest at 3.8m and got lucky… best laid plans😊
@4x4 OverlandTravel - Reisen im Expeditionsmobil thanks, but having researched this app I find it is expensive and many people have a lot of issues with it.
@@CG-99 hi Phil, ask them for a free one year license, test it, and make a video about the results. 🤩
According to the new regulation in Turkiye the population in Istanbul will be sent to Anatolia and other regions, but I do not know how useful it will be and the population will be reduced, but I do not know if the government can achieve this.
Hi, interesting,
That's a big challenge and even if they could achieve it, it'll probably take a decade.
I don't think you can really appreciate the size of Istanbul unless you've been there.
Thank you for taking the time to comment 🙏😀
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