Frog on a bike – Arnaud’s cycling adventures

flat straight boring road, into a strong headwind for 2 days. 37C today. (Show on Google Maps)

Roads getting much worse along the Moldova border: rocky tracks. Been invited for the night by nice family in a small village. (Show on Google Maps)

Ukrainian border at Uzhgorod closed to bicycles! Had to put bike in a bus! Staying in Uzhgorod 1 day to plan route to Odessa. (Show on Google Maps)

40km from Ukrainian border. Saw lots of large Roma shanty towns, shocking!

Update: Bystrany (40km from Kosice) is one of the actually well known Slovak Roma village I passed through.

Long climb in the Tatras to 1300m but view spoiled by low clouds and rain. Sleeping in fantastic private accomodation for 8£! (Show on Google Maps)

Camping at the foot of the Tatra mountains in Slovakia. Much more touristy than South of Czech Rep. Still on 110-120km/day. (Show on Google Maps)

I can now see the Carpathian mountains of Slovakia on the horizon. Should cross the border via Trencin tomorrow. (Show on Google Maps)

Strong headwind all day except during the 12% climbs. I’d rather climb all day! Not many shops, no bakery, no cake! (Show on Google Maps)

Very hilly in the Czech Republic! I miss the German cycle lanes between cities. Great weather this past week. (Show on Google Maps)

Went through Nurenberg today, the rally place is now mostly a stadium. Great weather. Will be in CZ tomorrow. (Show on Google Maps)

I have set up a twitter account (frogonabike) to post via SMS. I’ve also written a short WordPress plugin to convert my current GPS location to a Google map link. (Show on Google Maps)

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