sunny in amsterdam in march
and they're cuttinng the grass so it's been a good winter and i'm here with
my host angela and keisha
yes warmshowers hosts they are just back from a trip in the states
how was it it was fantastic so thank you so much for the hospitality and we leave amsterdam with
the sun that is shining we couldn't ask for better weather so thank you very much
- thank you for being here - welcome yeah and give us hug - all the best
very nice weather in amsterdam
ferry to the central station and it's free
take that germany
some bikes parked
not many
nice and sunny in amsterdam but pretty chilly
holy moly it's chilly
we are in Haarlem which i guess is north of amsterdam like
15 20 kilometers either north or west i don't know exactly how to
bucolic very bucolic
we start the day, badly blocking the traffic
we start the day with Sedat and Iris they hosted me for the night and now we do a little
bit together and yeah let's hit the road yeah and we are in Haarlem netherlands yeah
beautiful day in Haarlem again a bit chilly
we are in haarlem in the netherlands with Sedat and Iris that they run so many trails
yeah the sultan trail that goes from vienna to istanbul the sufi trail that i did and i made a
four or five videos so go watch them from istanbul to konya where is the mevlana rumi mausoleum tomb
how do you call it yeah mostly mausoleum yeah quite interesting and then the rumi trail
rumi trail that goes from konya through aleppo to aleppo to mecca mecca to kuwait and iraq then iran
and then to afghanistan and eventually to uzbekistan so that's a hell of a trail to do
but look at these guys now i have the official sufi trail t-shirt shirt yes it's the symbol
of the sufis so good yeah it's a walking one but it's still good next time we make with a bicycle
yeah okay i think the walking one looks really nice yeah so size small for me
also they gave me a house for the night very good dinner very good breakfast thank you
what can i say more yes they gave me patches and pants of the sufi trail all sorts of gadgets
yeah thank you so much it's an honor that you stayed with us yes thank you so much give us a hug
good trip and thank you for showing me the road and then i'll continue to delft
and then alongside the beach and if i can i will do some sand as well we'll see we'll see
yeah if it's possible thank you so much thank you yeah guys you might meet them on those
trails because they're always usually spring summer you always do some of the trail- we walk or
cycle or so it's always a possibility to meet us yeah so check out sultantrail.com sufitrail.com rumitrail.com
many websites yeah many i told them they should put one umbrella website so if someone has a good
name if you have a good name let us know
all right i left sadat and iris lovely people
some very cool projects that they are putting together
with this big giant trail that goes to from
from vienna from austria to basically afghanistan through
the balkans turkey
syria iran iraq saudi
afghanistan uzbekistan it's impressive i did only a small part when i was in
when i was in turkey the sufi trail which you can watch the videos if you dig them out and
yeah maybe now that i will go to middle east i will do more parts of it if it's possible
yeah now let's go to delft to meet yat another interesting person
panoramic spot in haarlem
let's see what's the view like let's see what's the surprise
in haarlem i think in the summer it's a little bit more colorful but still nice
for some reason this is fences I think it's the national park
there are some trails but you're not allow in i guess
and that's the coast
and that's my bike
today is good temperature it's a few degrees more than yesterday and the wind is less cold
yesterday when i left amsterdam it was very nice but the wind was as fuck
look at this dude
i don't know apparently there is no dirt it's all fenced we need to stick to the
paved bike lane
finally some dirt
not that much dirt but i can't get around the fact that they paved the national park why
we have to go left
this trail is fun
a little fun trail sandy
there is more trail
look at those
very nice
i got to delft and the wind got quite chilly i have to say the temperature dropped
in delft my host it's a dutch slash iranian filmmaker
also traveller, also bike traveller
that contacted me maybe in 2015 after a few months that I started my adventure
and finally we win personally
canals lots of canals in the netherlands
i'm in delft with human david he hosted me for a week over a week
because I arrived last monday oh yeah yeah
and me and him know each other from social media for like six years seven years 2015.
and we never met but he saw that i was looking for a place to stay in amsterdam and he contacted
me that i could stay in his apartment he was in bangkok but he came back from bangkok and
we finally meet up he is a filmmaker dutch iranina filmmaker he works for a tv iranian
tv and he makes loads of travel tv programs traveling by bike by motorbike and whatever
whatever but the problem is that you need to speak farsi to watch this video you understand my video
yeah yeah but some of them have subtitles go and watch his instagram and his youtube i will put
all the the links and you'll find them here so yeah go find him his videos are
very good because he has good cameras drones so they're not as boring as mine thank you
see ya we'll meet you on the road yeah of course of course we will meet in central asia
or somewhere yeah who knows yeah of course sure ciao
human he's gonna try front loading
he's back he's back from the test
how's front loading
wow it's not for you yeah oh yeah yeah you like it yes he likes front loading
what do you say about front loading front loading yeah amazing amazing yeah i'm traveling
by bicycle for many years and i never tried this kind of bike it was my first time amazing
it's very good i'm gonna upgrade my bike but he has a good bike he has a surly troll
which is a good bike yeah
i'm gonna upgrade it to move a little bit the weight in the front
that's it i'm leaving delft
but i'm not going too far i'm going to rotterdam