Preview of Koppers's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Gumusluk, Turkey Entry Title: "Biking the Bodrum Peninsula" Entry: "While wandering around on our first day in town, we spotted a motorbike rental shop, which brought back memories of all the wonderful bike trips we'd taken throughout Southeast Asia. The seed was planted and I couldn't be deterred -- I really pushed for renting a bike and exploring the Bodrum Peninsula. Whether it was the batting of my eyelashes, the tossing of my hair, or my generally charming personality, I can't tell you, but eventually I was able to persuade Konrad to throw caution to the wind and hit the open road. Bodrum was full of motorbikes -- much more so than Istanbul -- so it was easy to find a rental for a reasonable price (25TL -- about -- for a day). That said, the one thing we didn't have luck locating was a manual with pedal shifting; we had our choice of either a big, clunky automatic or an even bigger bike with a hand clutch. We'd never taken the leap and driven the hand clutch manuals before, so opted for the automatic. It was a smidge jerky at first, but our bodies quickly remembered the how-tos of riding a motorbike, and we settled in for a day on our new "hog". The trickiest part was the initial push out of the city. To head west, we had to take a main highway, which was packed with cars, trucks ...
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