Yes, exactly that. There's one bit in Bulgaria where he turns east to head for the coast and says "actually, it turns out that Paddy went north here, and back into Romania, and ended up going to the coast via Bucharest, but I didn't know that and I don't think I could have brought myself to double back like that anyway", which completely sums it up; for PLF Istanbul was just a vague idea of an eventual ending, whereas after six months Hunt was clearly really thinking he'd like to be finished soon, please.

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