Hotel Uzhgorod Uzhhorod

That is Lauren's direct quote after our first time trying to give Talia a bath on Saturday night. For the sake of time, i dont think i need to go into much detail, but even with Roslana's expertise, it makes me think that:
A. It was the first time she's ever seen a bathtub
B. Bathtime at the orphanage was not a pleasant experience

Anyway, here I am in Uzhgorod, the region's capital that Lauren couldn't ...

... to the border with a subconscious full of warnings. There was a multitude of lanes to choose from, cars, big cars, buses, motorcycles, skateboards, supermarket trolleys but no bicycles. I picked one at random and promptly got shouted at by armed border guards, I write shouted but really it was more of a loud grunting, a kind of I've-got-all-the-power-and-a-gun attitude transformed into noise. Unimpressed I continued to the line where ...

... for not having my helmet on.

A day of rain, sunshine, peace and hostility came to a close for me on the banks of a river near Margecany.

September 6th 71 km Total so far 449 km

I awoke at dawn to a cold misty morning, which would have made crawling out of my cocoon highly debatable if it hadnīt been for my about-to-rupture bladder. I packed up and back-tracked along the river bank to Margecany where there were already an array ...

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.

After leaving the rainbow we ended our first day of hitching at Trebisov, spending the night on a roadside, passing trucks in the night. after a walk, entered the town at about 11am ish and were greeted with smiling faces (and slightly amazed) a group of children took us to the local park behind their flats and listened to some music we gave them, then offered ...

Thursday 12 July Woke up to see we're in a beautiful lake but surrounded by rubbish, mostly plastic bottles. Said good-bye to fisherman who had only caught 3 fish all night. Went to local shop and sat outside on table and chairs eating breakfast. Back on bike but after a few k it started to rain so Lehel suggested we shelter by a local supermarket as he had no wet weather wear. There was quite a ...

... bigger than the kitchen fridge at my first flat). I`m pretty sure I`ve seen the lamps in IKEA, but I don`t think that`s where these ones were from! We went for dinner in the hotel. Couldn't read much on the menu but the waiter helped us. Had a beer, a bowl of borsht and the waiters English speakers special, a pan fried chicken breast with fries and salad. I wish I would have known how to order the real potatoes with dill that the rest of the restaurant seemed to be having, but I felt ...