You know I like to be first out of the campsite. But it seems in Albania I am going to be up a little earlier than 5.30am. At least 4 campervans went out before me and 4 people were updating breakfast.
But I jumped on my bike and pedalled out. Stopping as I went along for coffee, yoghurt croissant bit of fruit. Well anything to get rid of my last 1300 Leck. It’s about €10. I got rid of of the 300 but still had a 1000 in my pocket. Wish I had bought a round of coffees in the last cafe I stopped in.
The queue of cars waiting for the checkpoint was a 2 or 3 kms long. Its ways nice cruising padr the cars that had sped past me earlier. It was still early in the morning.
The customs guys are next to each other they just hand the passport through the door, and I am in.
Now desperate for a coffee I searched put a beach side bar and it took me a good few minutes to work out the Eure was the currency in Montenegro. Doh
The coast road it very busy with a lot of cars cutting close and there was a tunnel of about 300meters. I was so scared. I was encouraged by another cyclist who had just been through the other way. But eventually I plucked up the courage and somehow got a car to slow down and drive behind me as I cycled in the middle of my lane.
Today there is hot cloud cover small drops of rain and promising rain snd thunderstorms over Dubrovnik in the next few days. There is a very liklihood I’ll get rained on. I will also getting blisters on the heels of my hands, despite wearing gloves.
There are many more cyclists out on the road now. I try to stop to all of them just to have a chat.
I stopped at a camp sight who said they only had a small slot, it was so sloping, it wasn’t even a spot and they wanted €15 for it. I rode on to find this one friendless and €10, sorted.
A Couple of Days Ride Outta....... 