We are Back: Some Stats from the Trip

We are back! A lot of people have been asking me how much a road trip like this actually costs, how many kilometres we drove per day etc., so here are some stats:

The final itinerary:

Day-Date:Place

1-20.: Ljubljana-Sofia, 950km/9h

2-21.: Sofia-Gallipoli,Troia, Sleeping Edremit, 700 km/9h30min

3-22.: Pergamon, Çesme, 336km/4h40min

4-23.: Ephesus, Pamukkale, 311km/3h40min

5-24.: Gokova, Fethyje (Oludeniz),243km/3h

6-25.: Mt. Olympus (Çirali beach and fire), 235km/3h40min

7-26.: Antalya, Konya, 383km/5h20min

8,9-27.,28.: Urgup (Cappadocia), 240km/3h

10- 29.: Sleeping Erzincan, 500 km/5h

11-30:  Van, 548km/6h40min

12-31: Tabriz, 330km/4h20min

13-1.: Zanjan, 300km/3h

14- 2.: Zanjan- Alamut Castle, Qazvin, 420km/6h40min

15-3: Qazvin, Kashan, Esfahan, 460km/5h

16-4.: Esfahan

17-5.: Esfahan, Perseopolis,  Shiraz, 450km/5h

18-6.: Shiraz

19-7.: Yazd,  Chak Chak, Ardakan, 500km/6h

20-8.: Abyaneh, Tehran, 670km/8h

21-9.: Tehran

22-10.: Rasht open air museum, Kiashahr, 368km/4h40min

23-11.: Tabriz, 500km/8h

24-12.: Armenia-Meghri, 150km/2h26min

25-13.: Tatev, Noravank, Khor Virap,  Yerevan, 371km/5h30min

26-14.: Garni Temple, Sevan lake, 70km/1h

27-15.: Vanadzor, Tbilisi, 230km/4h

28-16: Batumi, 370km/5h

29-17: Ordu, 380 km/5h

30-18: Safranbolu, 586 km/6h40min

31-19: Esenyurt (Istanbul), 440km/4h40min

32-20: Niš, 692km/8h

33-21: Ljubljana, 750km/7h

TOTAL kilometres: 14300

Numb of car issues: 0 (Elza was a good girl this time)

Kilometres per day: 446,9

Expenses: 

Fuel: 300 EUR/person (most expensive in Turkey, about 1,2 eur/l; cheapest Iran, about 0,18 eur/l)

Visas/Carnet de Passage/Tax for importing car to Armenia: 50 eur/person: 54 eur/person+20 eur/person= 124 eur/person

Accommodation: 

Couchsurfing: 24 nights

Paid: 8 nights-64 eur/person

Free camping: 1 night

Tolls, food, souvenirs: 213 eur/person

Hot Air balloon in Capadoccia: 120 eur/person

TOTAL: 821 eur/person

Total per person per day (excluding visas, car documents and the hot air balloon): 19,1 eur

Total per person per day : 26 eur

Most expensive country per day: Armenia (around 32 eur/per person per day)- yup, the import tax ruined our budget plan here

Cheapest  country per day: Iran (around 8 eur/ per person per day excluding carnet and the visas): yaaay to the 18 eur cents/l diesel price

Road Trip to Turkey, Iran, Armenia and Georgia

It’s been two years since our last road trip, so when I was discussing the ideas for this year’s summer holidays with the girls, the idea was pretty obvious-let's just do another one. We participated at a competition run by Dunlop Slovenia to try to get our trip funded, unfortunately didn’t manage to win (big congrats to Boštjan for winning), but still decided to do a shorter version of the road trip. 

For a whole month we will be driving around Turkey, Iran, Armenia and Georgia, enjoying the food, the culture and sunbathing on Mediterranean, Black and Caspian sea coasts. In theory, we have most of the trip planned, but let’s see how that works out in practice;).

This time, our team is slightly changed. As Petra couldn’t make it, Tinca will take her role as the third musketeer ;). 

Big thanks to Teva Slovenija for the sandals they gave us for the trip, to Zulu Zion for the lovely socks and to the mechanics at Vulkanizerstvo Stane, who did some last min reparations on Elza, the car, on Friday night. You guys are amazing!

We’ll try to write posts and publish photos as frequently as we can!

Lu was sad that we were leaving

Our theoretical plan

Sabrina, Tina, Urša