Istanbul, Turkey

So here I go again on english. After a while I am back on with an easy day and doing some updates. It is been a while, but life is good so far.

After Dubrovnik we went to Montenegro. That was nice. It was nice easy two days of ride before getting into Albania. Just before the border we met two english cyclist who are just about to finish their ride home from China. It was nice Sunday mornig in town named Vladimir and five loaded cyclist. Btw. Alex left and went home, but we got another company - Urs,cyclist from Germany who want to do similar trip and now we are still in three - almost a small team.

After crosing border we come into Albania. It was a bit of mix feeling. First day went really good. The road was nice, people ok. Just garbage all around. In two day ride we could not find a single trash ban. Second day the nature around us was really nice. But the roads became nightmare. After almost 8 hours we finally left the country and went to Macedonia. Already first meters were much nicer.

Makedonia so far was nicest suprise. The country is nice, people are warm and open. It was much cleaner after Albania. But for me it was no fun. For first time my stomach had some isusses. And was definitly no fun to ride bike next morning. But there was days off in Ohrid. I loved it. Ohrid with surandings moutains is great. And definitly worth to be visited.

And after we went to Greece. More or less we spend days on country side of the country. And it was nice. Finaly some warm, sunny days arived. We were riding hard each day and managed to be in Istanbul , turkey in a month from my home. Turkey so far is all good.

More reports next time. Till then sunshine and smiles.

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