Thursday, July 26, 2007

day 87



km 9226,98
agde - gallician
116,45km
101hm
riding along the canal du rhone a sete

day 86



km 9110,53
leucate - agde
110,53km
137hm
checking out the duells on the riverboats and the concert on the swimming stage.

day 85



km 9000,26
perafita - leucate
114,18km
1057hm
back in france riding along the beach

Monday, July 23, 2007

day 84




km 8886,08
cassa de la seliva - perafita
89,58km
640hm
sightseeing in girona

day 83



km 8796,50
barcelona - cassa de la seliva
101,50km
727hm
i met russ in barcelona so we ride together for a little stretch.
first along the coast and later inland towards girona.

day 82



km 8695,00
les tres cales - barcelona
172,27km
727hm
all the hostels are full in barcelona, so i keep riding.
(i will be comming back in 2 weeks anyway and i don't think all the sights will be gone by then, so no reson to hurry)

Friday, July 20, 2007

day 81


km 8522,73
burriana - les tres cales
164,35km
618hm
further more towards barcelona more or less along the coast

day 80



km 8358,38
alfarrasi - burriana
162,63km
362hm
valencia is a great place, great architecture, great university... a little to big for me right now.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

day 79



km 8195,75
guardamar - alfarrasi
137,12km
1483hm
i thought i head a little inland before it gets boring along the beach.

day 78



km 8058,63
san juan de las terreros - guardamar
162,28km
1253hm
another hot day on the road...

Monday, July 16, 2007

day 77



km 7896,35
almeria - san juan de las terreros
160,25km
1426hm
on the road again.... along the coast....

day 76

km 7735,73
almeria - day off
5,73km
55hm
regeneration, watching the tour de france....
a big thank you to christl and francis for their great hospitality!!!!!

Saturday, July 14, 2007

day 75



km 7730,00
almeria - day off
34,83km
311hm
regeneration, sightseeing almeria

day 74


km 7695,17
almeria - day off
regeneration, bike maintainance

day 73


km 7689,86
melilla - almeria
26,61
186hm
ferry ride from melilla to almeria.

day 72



km 7663,25
kassita - melilla
129,18km
322hm
what a change from maroc city nador to the spanish beach city melilla within a couple footsteps.

day 71



km 7534,07
tahar souk - kassita
105,05
2205hm
sceinc ride in the rif mountains alot hard climbing at 40degrees....

day 70



km 7429,02
m'haya - tahar souk
158,79
1486hm
sightseeing in fes and into the (hopefully cooler) mounains after that.

Sunday, July 8, 2007

day 69



km 7270,23
maaziz - m'haya
151,64km
1165hm
checking out the medina in meknes.....

day 68



km 7118,59
ben slimone - maaziz
107,40km
1138hm
it is only possible to ride in the early morning a couple hours and then in the evening a little. in between i try to fing a spot in the shadow and hide there from the worst heat.

day 67



km 7011,19
skhirat - ben slimone
132,41km
649hm
checking out casablanca and meeting some really nice people heading inland.
it is really hot around here so it does not make much sense to me to go further south.

day 66




km 6878,78
arbaoua - skhirat
172,52km
227hm
riding more or less along the coast, stopping at some farmer markets and the medina of rabat.

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

day 65






km 6706,26
tanger - arbaoua
154,28km
815hm
no road signs, not a really detailed map, not being able to speak any spoken language around here..... this could get a little difficult

day 64



km 6551,98
arcos de la frontera - tanger [marocco]
142,64km
792hm
tanger is a crazy place and marocco different from anything else......

Monday, July 2, 2007

day 63



km 6409,34
el rocio (esp) - arcos de la frontera
159,27km
839hm
i could not ride along the coast.... so a little detour through sevilla....and south from there on

day 62



km 6250,17
loule - el rocio (esp)
217,92km
730hm
back on the road again.... so i reduced the level of frustration which built up pretty high over the last days....

day 61



km 6032,25
lisboa - loule
thanx to the great help of antonio (and a little help from my credit card)
it looks like i could be on the road again soon.
(so with the train to loule)