My European lap of honour – cycling from London to Cairo… via Scandinavia!
Getting around the Greek Islands wasn’t always as straight forward as it may have seemed. Certain islands have ferry connections only to certain other islands, and then the boats don’t necessarily run every day. Some islands have airports, but that doesn’t mean you can just catch a plane to another island with an airport. Often,…
View MoreThey say that sailing into the caldera of Santorini at sunset is one of the most magical moments you can have in the Greek islands. I wouldn’t know, since I arrived just after midnight, but I have to say that the view from the rock ledge that I camped on just up the road from…
View MoreI’ve never feared for my life so much as I did the night I rolled into Athens. Before I began my cycling trip, I of course did wonder which roads in which country would be the most treacherous, difficult and dangerous. The irony was however, that I was not cycling into Athens, but stuck helplessly…
View MoreToday I found probably the highest peak in all of Albania. I think the country is having a nice laugh at my expense because I kind of trashed it in my last blog. (Well, technically the Albanians trashed it). But in any case, with poor worn out Bessie needing urgent repairs, and a stinking hot…
View MoreYesterday in Albania everybody got married. Or at least if they weren’t already married then they must be now. And I’m equally certain that married or not, every Albanian must have been a guest to at least one wedding. Or at least that’s what it seemed, because I have never seen so many weddings!
View MoreI’ve been in Albania for just 5 hours and I feel compelled to write about it. I managed to get a few km’s ahead of schedule today, figuring that if I could crossed the border a day earlier than planned, then it would make my life easier over the next few days when I’ve unwittingly…
View MoreAfter my brief confinement to Sarajevo, I am back on the road heading south. First stop – and a much anticipated one – was Mostar, a Bosnian town about 120km inland from Dubrovnik. Mostar is famous for being one of the central areas of fighting during the recent civil war, and there is evidence to…
View MoreI planned on spending two days in Sarajevo – I’m now into my fourth. It’s OK because Lonely Planet told me that this would happen, but what it didn’t mention was because it would be due to my poor bike breaking down. And unfortunately the problem isn’t small. Now I feel just like the locals…
View MoreI never want to see another hill again. After the awesome descent into Bihac a couple of days ago, I should have realised it was coming. I was entering one of the most physically demanding parts of the trip (there are three that I’ve identified, those being the Swiss Alps, Tuscany in Italy, and the…
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