Old Continent Hotel Uzhhorod

... asleep, but they both were out...luckily i didnt disturb either one!

Pasha, Zhenia and I set off this morning on what is hopefully the beginning of the end of our time here in Ukraine. First stop was the orphanage. I signed what should be the final document they need at that place from us. Then we headed to what Lauren and I know only as "the passport guy." He had all of our documents prepared to submit to the ...

... with Romania by compass, here I was refused exit from Ukrainian soil. Again due to my preferred non-oil-burning mode of transport. Instead of paying someone to take me and my wheely good friend over the border, I headed north west to the border with Hungary, where I had been assured I could cross.

I entered Hungary as the light was beginning to fade, it had bee a long day and I'd travelled over 120 km. I got off the main road ...

... 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!

Z Medzilaboriec sme pokracovali dalej cez Sninu. Cestou nam takmer podvozok zostal na miestnych rozbitych cestach, ale nakoniec sme stastne dorazili do Humanneho. Ubytovali sme sa nedaleko niekdajsej fabriky Chemlonu Humenne znameho po celom Slovensku ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... I took the river route home for some supper. It was a nice walk along a paved trail by the river that had the picturesque birds, trees and even the elderly couple on the bench. One thing that I`ve noticed in most stores here that I don`t remember seeing at home is caviar! I stopped at the store on the way back and the shelf of caviar caught my eye ($2.50 a jar), I figured I should give it a shot instead of only eating the kind that is stuck to the outside my sushi. Next was a quick ...