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After experiences in cycle-touring abroad gathered 6-8 year long, for this (2003) summer I preferred to cycle along the Adria...

Biketour along the Adria sea, 2003

Gyorgyigabor
2004-02-05 19:10:01

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the lake and the river light-green, the trees dark-green, etc. IT was a feeling, experience! The village was just like it could be at the end of the world, it could be about 50-80years ago. I could see only on 2-3 houses that they realized the opportunities of the turism. I went towards Virpazar through a little trafficked road next to the lake but on the sides of the mountains (photo). I had nice panoramas to the lake and the mountains. After Virpazar I had to bike up that 665m high pass I had already gone through last day. I arrived at Budva with feeling happy. I liked this small town. I bought some souvenirs for the people I like. In the evening clouds and storms arrived, it was the first more than hour long rain through my tour, and only the second rain. Because the storm that came back twice I didn’t have a peaceful night, I slept only about 4 hours.

19th June: Jaz beach – Tivat – Hervegnovi – Srebreno – Dubrovnik – Srebreno = 102 km + 700 m heightdiff.
In the morning about 10-11 am. the clouds started to break, it was hardly raining and because of the ship-route next day I had to arrive at Dubrovnik this evening, I had to sit in the saddle and push the pedals. I was cycling on a light ascent and then a descent to Tivat, where I crossed the channel by a ferry. It goes through in every quarter an hour. The ferry was free for the bikers and for the pedestrians. On the road I knew there was nothing to stop about. I was pushing the pedals a little bit tired, and after the border unfortunately the wind found me. I couldn’t be angry because I knew that whether against wind, or without it I would reach my camping 5kms before Dubrovnik in a short time. The camping of Srebreno was good for me, I knew it. In the afternoon I had time to look around in Dubrovnik again. My main goal in this atmospheric town was to buy souvenirs for me and for the people who were waiting for me at home. In the town I found the port, from where my ship would start next morning 9 am. This evening I found Dubrovnik wonderful again. I fall in love with this town too.

Main experiences about Montenegro:

- The roads are good, they are a little bit worse than in Croatia

- Montenegro is not so busy than Croatia, but there are busy places.

- You can find a lot of things in the shops, but not everything. I missed the delicious bakerwares. It’s not sure that you can phone from here, you have to inform at the mobilephone-campany.

- Campings: There are not too many campings in Montenegro, you should inform about it from other tourists. Along the beach there are accomodations in houses, but in the mountains I think you would hardly find any.

- Places you shouldn’t miss: Kotor and the serpentineroad, Jaz beach, Budva, the Moraca-canyon and Rijeka Crnojevica (there are roads from the village towards Virpazar and towards Brezine.

21st June: Rijeka – Postojna – Ljubljana = 137 km + 830 m heightdiff. :

22nd June: By train between Ljubljana and Budapest :

TOTAL: 2157,98 km + 19588 m heightdiff.