Day 30: Arad
Whew... I made it, I now have been in Romania for the past two hours.
I just stopped to grab some food and write some final thoughts.
The last two days from Budapest were quite unpleasant because of having a quite strong head wind and temperatures of 35-40° Celsius. I'm glad my tires didn'd explode because of the heat. Other bad experiences were related to the huge amount of traffic on Hungarian national roads. The large number of trucks combined with the high temperatures have created across the lanes some waves in the asphalt, which destroyed the little shoulder space there was for the solitary bicycle riders like me. Riding there was a complete nightmare, and probably I'll wake up screaming when dreaming about huge TIR trucks sucking me in their draft over these dreaded asphalt waves. To be honest I'm glad that's over with.
But today it was a very good last ride. I managed a whooping average of 29 Km/h, which in comparison with the previous ones of maximum 22 I would consider as very impressive. The weather was perfect, warm enough but with plenty of clouds to shelter me from the sun. Also I had a nice tail wind most of the way, probably the biggest factor in the sudden increase of speed, which made up for the previous two shitty days.
As a side-note, you can have a very nice overall view of my travel by checking out the Picasa album location view.
These being said, I'll be on my way to find accommodation and have a long nice shower... judging by the stares people are throwing me around, I need it. Fuck them, for me it smells like I'm home.
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