I'm happy this last night is over. It was.. well.. at least cheap. But I got attacked by hundreds of mosquitos and so much for lazyness to pitch a tent. Next time I will just take the 15 minutes to have a safe shelter and the satisfaction of these little fuckers staying outside and trying to get in (and hopefully die of exhaustion by the attempt) will be reward enough.. and a deep sleep without waking up. I put that mosquito-net over me, but it kept sliding off, what was a surprise by it's size of 1.5 x 2.6m :P so this night's nightmare was that I got attacked by thousands of mosquitos (and it was unfortunately not just a nightmare). I woke up at 2.20AM and was happy when I fell asleep again. Then at 5.20AM it was getting bright and was sick of fencing these buggers off, so I happily packed up and hit the road!
it was a bit overcast in the morning and chilly when I arrived on top of San'Antonio Mountain. But then I rode down and finally the sun hit me. There's not so much to see down here and while clouds were forming up on the hills to my right side, I decided to stick as close to the see and watch the endless blue flat, rippled with white waves. Today I learned two things. First.. Bar is actually not in Albania, but in Montenegro (my geographical knowledge keeps surprising me) and the ship is only departing at 10PM, so it didn't help at all to speed my way up to get to Bari. On the way there I took the superstrada and it felt extremely dangerous. Even if it says "70km/h", you need to drive at least a 100km/h to go with the rest of the traffic and still then the police overtakes you with super speed (no, they didn't have their lights on.. it was just normal driving). So when I figured this all out with the ferries, I decided to drive down a bit further to the next port. I would just have gone to Montenegro and drive down to Albania and back up, but it doesn't change a thing.. all ferries leave at night and there's only one ferry per day. So now I know. The next time this would all be smoother and I would know already the best roads, but the fun thing is to do it for the first time, so this is all part of the experience. Was a lovely ride along the beach and through small villages and towns (with a lot of one-way-signs) and I stopped in "Monopoli" to drink a Cappuccino. Luckily I didn't stop on one of the expensive fields ;) hahaha ;D I always hated this game, but I didn't know they have a town with this name down here. Along the way I saw many tourists and was happy that my journey is not being stuck in a place to visit churches, but that I just can drive and drive and see what lies ahead of me.
Here in Brindisi it was easy to get a ticket.. 47 Euro for me (with cabin) and 20 Euro for the bike. I can embark at 9PM, so I still have 6 hours to kill. I might just go for another little ride or find myself a beach and stare out to the horizon. It's so nice to have time and enjoy life! ..whenever I need a break, I sit in a restaurant and drink a cappuccino. They really know how to prepare it down here and it's super cheap as everybody drinks coffee all day long ;) Finally my hayfever dissappeared as the flora changed a lot the further I got south. Italy is really amazing.. it is so diverse and I understand people who come down here to make holiday. It just seems to be a very long way, if you drive it for the sake of being here and not for the sake of driving down. Finally I got internet and would have time to upload these blogs and some pictures, but now this crappy laptop won't connect. I'm an engineer and I can't fix it and if I learned something about technic in the last 20 years then it is that you should never trust it! ;)
it was a bit overcast in the morning and chilly when I arrived on top of San'Antonio Mountain. But then I rode down and finally the sun hit me. There's not so much to see down here and while clouds were forming up on the hills to my right side, I decided to stick as close to the see and watch the endless blue flat, rippled with white waves. Today I learned two things. First.. Bar is actually not in Albania, but in Montenegro (my geographical knowledge keeps surprising me) and the ship is only departing at 10PM, so it didn't help at all to speed my way up to get to Bari. On the way there I took the superstrada and it felt extremely dangerous. Even if it says "70km/h", you need to drive at least a 100km/h to go with the rest of the traffic and still then the police overtakes you with super speed (no, they didn't have their lights on.. it was just normal driving). So when I figured this all out with the ferries, I decided to drive down a bit further to the next port. I would just have gone to Montenegro and drive down to Albania and back up, but it doesn't change a thing.. all ferries leave at night and there's only one ferry per day. So now I know. The next time this would all be smoother and I would know already the best roads, but the fun thing is to do it for the first time, so this is all part of the experience. Was a lovely ride along the beach and through small villages and towns (with a lot of one-way-signs) and I stopped in "Monopoli" to drink a Cappuccino. Luckily I didn't stop on one of the expensive fields ;) hahaha ;D I always hated this game, but I didn't know they have a town with this name down here. Along the way I saw many tourists and was happy that my journey is not being stuck in a place to visit churches, but that I just can drive and drive and see what lies ahead of me.
Here in Brindisi it was easy to get a ticket.. 47 Euro for me (with cabin) and 20 Euro for the bike. I can embark at 9PM, so I still have 6 hours to kill. I might just go for another little ride or find myself a beach and stare out to the horizon. It's so nice to have time and enjoy life! ..whenever I need a break, I sit in a restaurant and drink a cappuccino. They really know how to prepare it down here and it's super cheap as everybody drinks coffee all day long ;) Finally my hayfever dissappeared as the flora changed a lot the further I got south. Italy is really amazing.. it is so diverse and I understand people who come down here to make holiday. It just seems to be a very long way, if you drive it for the sake of being here and not for the sake of driving down. Finally I got internet and would have time to upload these blogs and some pictures, but now this crappy laptop won't connect. I'm an engineer and I can't fix it and if I learned something about technic in the last 20 years then it is that you should never trust it! ;)
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