May 22, 2022 to May 23, 2022
Automania Albania
Day 92 - Shirokë to Ahmetaq
Day 93 - Ahmetaq to Fier
We are loving Albania! Again, we didn't have many preconceptions (can you tell any detailed pre-planning for this trip ended somewhere in Italy) but it's been great so far. It's funny how different places just have different vibes, and Albania feels friendly, fun, and laid back. Even the crazy multimodal traffic we had to navigate in Shkodër to find an ATM was laid back: not very fast, and not much homicidal animosity.
It helps that it's also nice to look at, minus the occasional river of garbage, and the weather has been about perfect.
Unfortunately for some reason I haven't taken many pictures, and the ones I have don't seem to do much justice.
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No wonder they beat the hare...
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We have done a fairly big day and a big day, and it's nice to get some kilometres under our belts. It's nice to do over 100kms in a day just to prove that we can, though it wasn't easy despite being about as flat as can be (~500 metres up total). Does it ever get easy?
One thing is for sure, Albania is car mad. I have never seen so many petrol stations, car washes, car mechanics, and car junkyards. Literally one or more of those establishments every couple of miles I would say. A tiny village might have two or three car washes. As you would expect, there are also a lot of shiny German cars on the road, as well as some black-belching monstrosities that can't seem to go beyond 30 km/h, and some home made Frankensteins that definitely used to be lawnmowers or generators or something.
Today's ride: 205 km (127 miles)
Total: 3,522 km (2,187 miles)
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