Kat & Mat's big bike trip
Day 72 Igoumenitsa
We're sad to say goodbye to Albania today! It's been amazing, so glad we came here.
Just after we passed yet another UNESCO world heritage site, we had to unexpectedly use up the last of our Lek to pay for a tiny chain ferry which was cash only. Luckily we had just enough.
It was a hilly 25km to the border. We got in line like nice polite Brits, but a Greek guy on a moped gestured to us to follow him. He took us round to the other side of the Albanian customs booth and showed us to hand our passports to the border guard, interrupting the car line. He told the guard we were cyclists and we were ushered through. What a guy!
There was a huge queue for the Greek side, but we just freewheeled past all the cars and got through in a few minutes. Hello Greece!
We stopped after half an hour down by a quiet beach for lunch. The rest of the ride was pretty and flat, riding mainly through groves of lemon trees. The only excitement was being chased by a farm dog - we had to pedal pretty hard to get away from it.
Greece immediately feels different to Albania - the infrastructure is better, there's less trash, more money, the internet is faster, more yellow cars and the people look different.
We're in a nice town with a ferry port. This evening we strolled along the beach, had an ice cream and tried to start learning Greek letters.
Love, Kat & Mat x
On the day
💧 6L water
🐾 1 herd of goat
🎲 2 friendly border guards
🐾 1 fox
👀 7 yellow cars
👀 1 unesco world heritage site
🐾 1 dog chasing us
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