Hotel Ungvarskiy Uzhhorod

... I offered the serial number of my wobbly wanderer but alas to no avail. I even suggested they may be really impressed with my new biometric passport, but again to no avail. Debating with the uniformed forces seldom works but it's great fun when you've got time. The most fun I've had to date was trying to convince an Italian forestry ranger that I am in fact part of nature and therefore should be freely allowed to enter the nature ...

... after their 40 km ride from Kosice which started at 6 a.m after a night spent in a bus-shelter. Michal explained that he didnˇt want the extra weight of a tent. Youthful thinking, I remember it well. I was very impressed with Tomas´ innovative cardboard mudguards, as well as their supply of chocolate which was to be their diet for the next week. Youthful thinking, I remember it well.

After a fantastic ride on a good and unfrequented ...

Vecer po velkom okruhu juhovychodom Slovenska mame este cas sa trochu poprechadzat po centre Michaloviec pred tym ako odideme do nasho penzionu na brehoch Zemplinskej Siravy v dedine s priznacnym nazvom Kaluza. Zajtra teda mame prvy den oddychu ked nebudeme robit nic len spat a lezat na brehu Siravy.

Z Ciernej nad Tisou pokracujeme do jednej z naslavnejsich a mozno aj najslavnejsej vino produkujucej oblasti Slovenska - do Tokaja. Cestu na Tokaj sme nasli v pohode, ale dostat sa do Malej a Velkej Trne bola vcelku zdlhava zalezistost, pretoze sme pobludili po chotaroch aspon troch obci a nasli niektore osady v okoli Slvenskeho noveho mesta, ktore sme teda rozhodne nehladali. Nakoniec sme sa ale nasli a stastlivo dorazili do pivnic Velkej Trne.

Vcera sme obsolvovali cestu severovychodom Slovenka a dnes mame pre zmenu na plane jeho Juhovychodny cip. Vyrazame z Humenneho a nas prvy ciel je Cierna nad Tisou. Do Ciernej so sa chcel uz velmi dlho pozriet. Neviem ci je to preto, ze je to uplne na hraniciach alebo ze ked sa clovek pozrie na mapu Slovenska, tak z Bratislavy je len malo miest tak velmi vzdialenych. No tak ci onak dnes ideme prave tam!

... je to uz Chemes a vyrobou umelych vlakien sa uz vobec nezaobera. Skor prenajima byvaly areal zavodu a vyraba energiu pre svojich najomnikov. Vecer sme si este urobili okruznu prechadzku po centre Humenneho pred tym ako sme si dnes po dlhej ceste oddychli.

... help carrying bags and such to the petrol station (although we raided the local coop first) We also met with Robert, Eva and Robert jnr who stopped us in the street, they bought us some food for the road and then offered to buy a round at the local pub, which of course we accepted! we then preceded to start our drinking day with them, which continued on into ...

... we were in west ucraina and must to head to crimea, that is 2 days by train. But the ticket were bought, we said goodbuy to all the friends who where staying, made our backpacks, had the last drink, e-mail exchanges. we head to the elecktrichca train, and here I met the spirit of SSSR - we paid less than we should be paying for 12 people, but we went without tickets. The conductor explained to us that she must sell a specific amount of ...

... rough looking Hungarian speaking men who invited us to join them in the dry and then for a large vodka and it was only 10am. They were all wobbling drunk, so lots of laughter and life stories, having to drag ourselves away only after the man who had brought us a drink asked for money. We gave him some so he'd made a small profit and we continued cycling slightly sloshed but warm, onto castle ...

... church across the street should have hinted to me there was a bit more here. We set into town and found a nice little cafe and two meat (possibly lamb?) filled crepes. Not really breakfast food, especially once the girl squirted mayo over them, but it was good and filling so I was happy! Heading further into the center, we got a little lost, tried to avoid gypsies, found a rich street (the houses made anywhere I've lived look like shacks!) and finally made it to our destination... the ...