Vanessa and Jon completed a yearlong tour of South America and Eastern Europe in 2017. It was a mixture of cycling, hikes and other travels.
Day 1 We stayed in Skala Potamois (Golden beach). Which turned out to be an excellent choice. Beautiful long clean sandy beach with crystal clear water. We also had the added bonus of hardly anyone around as it was the … Continued
Day 86 – Pehcevo to Strumica (Macedonia) Probably due to the luxurious room, we took our time getting ready to leave Pehcevo (apparently it’s a city but we struggled to find even a shop) and eventually hit the road at … Continued
Day 82 – Dragoman to nr. Dolma Melna (Bulgaria) When we woke up in the cosy Dragoman Hotel, we had no idea of the surprises in store for us during our first day’s cycle in Bulgaria. The torrential rain over … Continued
Day 79 Ambienta Pension, Dometa-turnu Severin (Romania) to Camp St Mokranjac. nr Mihajlovac (Serbia). We woke up quite rested considering we had only got to bed at 3.30am. Jon went on a mission to re-stock for the next three days … Continued
Day 76 This was essentially a transit day, as we left our guesthouse and bicycles in Dometa-Turnu Severin early morning and walked approx. 1km to the train station, where we caught the 9.10am train to Bucharest. The journey East was … Continued
Day 68 – Sombor to Backa Palanka We slept soundly in the bed of our Warmshowers hosts (maybe something to do with the alcohol) and were greeted by a delicious cooked omelette breakfast. We joined them in the garden for … Continued
Days 63 & 64 Olimpija Guesthouse, Dolga Vas (Slovenia) to Berzence (Hungary) Day 63: It was raining heavily when we woke up, so we waited in our guesthouse for it to stop. By midday, with it still pouring and forecast to … Continued
Day 57 Poprad (Slovakia) to Free Campsite Deutsch Jahrndorf (Austria). Early bird catches the worm or is it train? …. We jumped out of bed at 6.15am, had breakfast and gathered all our bike things and headed to the train … Continued
Days 55 & 56 High Tatra Mountains (Slovakia) Day 1 We woke up early and well rested in Hotel Satov in Poprad. We planned to do an overnight hike in the nearby High Tatra Mountains, so quickly ate breakfast and … Continued
Day 54 Vienna (Austria) to Poprad Tetray (Slovakia) We woke up reasonably early today, hoping to make the most of the excellent weather which was forecast, (slight tail wind and mostly sunny). Luckily for us finding the Eurovelo 6 bike … Continued