A cyclist recounts a harrowing experience in rural Turkey where he was involved in a serious accident. With no travel insurance or support network, he relied on the kindness of Bryan, a fellow cyclist he had met briefly, who readily agreed to become his caregiver.
I had no travel insurance and couldn’t walk. I was entirely dependent on him, but he never once made it awkward
The next thing I remember is lying in the middle of the road with the cylinder of my bike handle skewered into my leg, blood everywhere.A week before that I had met Bryan, a bike tourist who’d ridden through more than 40 countries and settled in Turkey. I had his number because, like countless bike tourists before me, he’d let me stay the night in his small apartment in Antalya.
Soon, a nurse was helping me into a cab and Bryan’s nextdoor neighbour was carrying me up two flights of stairs like a bride and laying me down on Bryan’s couch. Neither of us exchanged a word.
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