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Albania (Ride Report)

Day 111 A very quick border crossing, again there’s no stamp and only one side is manned. The Albanian mountains […]

Day 110 At the Macedonian side of the border I have to ask for an exit stamp and then head

Day 106 It’s 160 km from here to Skopje, so I’ll split that into two short rides. Unusually I’ve booked

Day 103 Cross the border to Greece in good time, then get a puncture. I find two pieces of glass

Day 67 Breakfast at the “boutique hotel” (it’s anything but) does not start until 9AM though I thought I’d negotiated

Day 61 I follow the Danube west. There’s no sign of Eurovelo 6, but I pass several touring cyclists. None

Day 59 My plan is to head south and pick up the Eurovelo Danube path, I’ll need to be on

Day 52 Moldova seems a lot less exotic compared to last time I was here. But it’s still very poor

Day 44 I’ve done my homework this time, and have on good authority (from a random guy in Kyiv) that