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| Living the life |
Coming to you from Sandalandala, the Vama Veche campsite in Southern Romania.
All four bikes made it here with a variety of small issues; Lee lost a chain and Geoff has no electrics other than ignition!
Last night we drank beer on the beach and ate kebabs; the whole strip along the beach feels like a festival camp with ten different open air clubs belting out drum and bass all night long (they only calmed down at 9 this morning!).
The campsite was rammed so I had to pitch up under a security spot-light in the bushes!
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| Home sweet home |
I'm starting to feel the enormous challenge ahead; to stay on track I have to get across Bulgaria and into Turkey tonight, maybe even do a full 24 hours of riding.
Mike and Geoff have left to try and find a Sunday mechanic, so Lee and I will try to meet them at the Turkey border as Geoff has friends in Istanbul where we all hope to crash.
The temperature here is killing both riders and bikes; it has already hit 30 degrees by the morning and putting on the bike gear is horrific (yesterday my boots were filling with sweat).
I hope Max and the lads are pushing on hard as time is essential; crossing Kazakhstan is the same as crossing Australia but with bad roads and poor quality fuel!
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| Ko Lee, Mike and Geoff! |
Afternoon update:
Still chasing Max and the lads to Istanbul; we're in Burgas Bulgaria, which is similar to Romania but with bigger shanty-towns, more dogs and roadsides lined with women not out doing the shopping!
The head is terrible and we keep getting the nods so we have to stop off for coffee! Still, we're on track to reach Turkey before nightfall, but probably won't make Istanbul tonight which means... another night in a service station car-park. Lovely.
Starting to dream of clean clothes and a toilet that's approachable - I've taken to using the bushes when there are any as they're preferable!
How much life can change in one short week!! We were all up at the Gen Wolfe doing the same old thing ����������
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