The morning was very frosty as i had camped in a small, shadowy valley next to a river.

I had planned to fight today to reach Malatya, but with 90km to go and a mountain pass in between it was going to be though.

After the mountain pass turned out to be two long ascends and still 40km to go in the late afternoon, i realized i would not make it to Malatya today and pitched my tent in an apricot orchard for a final night on the road.