Caught up with Swedish guy, rode to campsite by the beach
Category: Travel & Adventure
Day 49 – Stavros – Kavala
Flat and fast first half. Met Swedish guy en-route and cycled to Kavala together
Day 48 – Nea Moudania – Stavros
Caught in heavy rain, absolutely drenched. Tried to wait it out in Poligyros but eventually kept going
Day 47 – Thessaloniki – Nea Moudania
Late start on account of rear rim imploding and needing replacement. Spectacular sunset camping by the beach
Day 46 – Edessa – Thessaloniki
Hot. Very hot. Mostly flat but otherwise easy ride
Euro Bike Ride – Macedonia
I’d originally planned to spend a fair bit of time in Macedonia, riding from Ohrid to Skopje and onward towards Sofia, Bulgaria. But for various reasons I now had to get myself to Istanbul in just over two weeks and abandoned my ideas of riding to the Black Sea, opting…
Day 45 – Bitola – Edessa
Late start, hot and mostly flat ride
Day 44 – Ohrid – Bitola
Gentle uphill into the National Park, rainstorm on the way down, another rainstorm coming into Bitola. Arrived dripping wet
Day 43 – Librazhd – Ohrid
Hard hill climb to the border. Left the Spanish behind at the top
Euro Bike Ride – Albania
Albania was my mystery country. I had no idea what to expect as I rode in from Montenegro. All I’d heard up till now about Albania consisted of gangsters, thieves and stolen Mercedes’. Ten minutes into the country and I hadn’t been killed or kidnapped but I had already been…