Five teams with participants from Belgium, Hungary, UK, India and Germany - old Travel Scientists veterans and new recruits – will explore Turkey, Georgia and Armenia for 11 days in 2WD or 4wD drives during the Caucasian Challenge 2016. The senior of this year’s rally is a more than 20 year old Subaru Justy, which will now undergo its most difficult test and experience its greatest adventure! Day 1, Istanbul to Sinop - Turkey is not Switzerland After meeting in Istanbul, the always lively capital of the Bosphorus, the teams had two days to cross the length of Turkey. Roads were still easy, the drive relaxed. Except for team Wiredmango , who, in an attempt to explore the undiscovered, got off the road and ended up having the choice doing a stunt jumping across a river without brigde (thanks to a mudslide) or to turn around and go all the way back. In the end, the team bailed out from the stunt and arrived late for the welcome party at them camping site at the Black Sea Coast in Sinop. Luckily they were the ones carrying all the party supplies, so the party could not start without them. Once arrived neither the late hour nor the rain could stop our teams from getting to know each other over a glass of wine and talk about the day’s adventures and the ones to come. Lesson of day the day: "If we were in Switzerland, they would have put a sign." Well guys, things work a little bit differently in the Caucasus! Day 2, Sinop to Batumi - Patience is a Virtue The next day we promised our teams a long ride and an even longer wait at the Turkish-Georgian border. Promises need to be kept and most teams spent a bigger part of the night waiting in line.
Five teams with participants from Belgium, Hungary, UK, India and Germany – old Travel Scientists veterans and new recruits – will explore Turkey, Georgia and Armenia for 11 days in 2WD or 4wD drives during the Caucasian Challenge 2016. The senior of this year’s rally is a more than 20 year old Subaru Justy, which
