day 60

km 5962,08
lisboa - day off
.... and waiting some more .....
the good news: the part is on the way
the bad news: it is stuck somewhere in belgium!?

day 59

km 5962,08
lisboa - day off
.... and waiting.....

day 58

km 5962,08
lisboa - day off
still waiting.....

day 57

km 5962,08
lisboa - day off
waiting on the arrival of bikeparts....

day 56

km 5962,08
quarteira - lisboa
32,35km
once again in lisboa. this time i arraived on train....

day 55

km 5929,73
quarteira - day off
hanging out at the beach

day 54

km 5929,73
quarteira - faro - quarteira
walking tour downtown faro
old town, market ....

day 53

km 5929,73
loule - quarteira
13,85km
a big thank you to hugo and all the guys from algarvcycle!
... but still hanging in there....

day 52

km 5910,44
loule - lissabon - loule
bustour to lissabon and back trying to have my wheel repaired.
a big thank you to antonio from cyclenatur!

day 51

km 5910,44
lagos - loule
70km
i thought i´ll try to make it to faro and have the bike fixed there.
but as it looks there is no bikeshop there who can do that.
so it´s like in the monopoly game, when you have to go back to prison.....
.... so back to lisboa with the hope that they can fix it....

day 50

km 5842,44
cercal - lagos
159,18km
1331hm
this was thouhgt to be tast last day against this headwind.
instead of the headwinds i have some bikeproblems.

day 49

km 5683,26
lissabon - cercal
160km
1083hm
2 ferry rides and finaly out of the suburbs (and back against the wind).
sleeping under a corktree.

day 48

km 5532,26
lissabon - day off
walking around town

day 47

km 5523,26
lissabon - day off
32,83km
724hm
rainy day in lissabon
riding around town (but there are better ways of transportation then the bike in lisboa)

day 46

km 5491,43
obidos - lissabon
165,83km
1626hm
a long day on the road. meeting interesting people and seeing the most western point of continental europe (cabo da roca).

day 45

km 5324,60
figueira da foz - obidos
123,80km
855hm
some rain water in my bags after a rainy night, the first flat tire on this trip and bikeways under construction.

day 44

km 5200,80
porto - figueira da foz
146,58
449hm
on small "roads" alond the beach (trying to stay off the main roads)

day 43

km 5054,59
extremo - porto
137,59
1342hm
a "real" campground for the first time on this trip!?

day 42

km 4916,63
cataira - extremo
113,70km
1351hm
got a new chain after 5177km..... first bike service

day 41

km 4802,93
finisterre - cataira
130,44km
1385hm
preperations for a parades in every village.

day 40

km 4672,49
ponte maceira - finisterre
88,39km
1126hm
so i reached the point which got its name from being thought as the end of the world.

day 39

km 4584,10
mercado - ponte maceira
141,02km
1900hm
i "lost" the trailer wheel on a rough single-trail section.
the closer i get to santiago the more "pilgrams" fill the roads.

day 38

km 4443,08
porte de foncebadon - mercado
144,05km
1728hm

day 37

km 4299,03
calzadilla de la c. - puerto de foncebadon
160,01km
1336hm

day 36

km 4139,02
puerto de la pedraja - calzadilla de la c.
142,97km
742hm
meeting some more people on the camino de santiago....

day 35

km 3996
logorno - puerto de la pedraja
83,45km
1252hm
half day on the camino de santiago

day 34

km 3912,60
ochagavia - logorno
177,37km
1628hm
a long day on the road ....

day 33

km 140,08
lourdes - ochagavia (spain)
140,08km
2210hm
what a climb at the end of a day! someone said this years tour the france will ride this pass. i hope they enjoy it as much as i did! ;-)

day 32

km 3595,15
st. julien - lourdes
146,07km
1622hm
what a bizar place!

day 31

km 3449,08
brassac - st. julien
153,82km
1100hm
another rainy day, but i found a nice shelter. the farmer not only allowed me to camp there, he even gave me a dozen kiwis.

day 30

km 3295,26
maureze (lac du salagou) - brassac
111,81km
1659hm
for a change dinner in a restaurant, sleeping in a bed and breakfast on a table.
i fixed the broken low rider rack improvising with plumbing parts.

day 29

km 3183,45
marnhauges et latur - maureze (lac du salagou)
120,26km
1377hm
nice dinner with gerhard and sleeping in a real bed.

day 28

km 3063,09
marnhauges et latur - day off
to much rain.... hanging out in the shelter.