Tirana

A long day of slogging over the hot plains brought us to Tirana, the capital of Albania. A major change for us country bums: shiny cars carrying shiny people between tall buildings. Kiran had a ready answer for our end of the road treat, so we went to eat in the only Indian restaurant in the city.

The next day we began the adventure of figuring out in a strange city: 1) find boxes that are big enough, 2) learn to disassemble the bikes, 3) play a very awkward game of tetris to pack the bikes and 4) organize transport to the airport. Just like all those mountains, this also took us all day and left us exhausted.

We got it done! Schopper and Rocker were boxed. We got a haircut to improve the chance of us getting past airport security.Baca lagi