Wednesday, 7 August 2019

7/8/19 Trepjce to Bilisht

67km  Total 3,059km

Change of plans.  Initially we were going to continue in Macedonia today and ride to Lake Prespa but Dermot has had enough riding and wants to head home.  It looks like I won't get to Turkey - the part of our trip that I was really looking forward to.  Oh well!

So we headed back into Albania to head in a more southerly direction towards Athens.  Some steep climbs on a busy road for the first 30km but then onto some really pleasant quiet roads back in Albania.
Lake Ohrid from the Border.  There's a large town here - Pogradec, hence more pollution


Lots of agriculture in the valley
We're staying in one of the few hotels in town.  I've never had to sit on the toilet to have a shower before - an indication of the size of the bathroom!!

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