It took me an hour to get to Washington. Big monuments there, it was fun to see the White house that was surprisingly small compared to everything else. North of Washington one big hill after another, I did 100km to…
It took me an hour to get to Washington. Big monuments there, it was fun to see the White house that was surprisingly small compared to everything else. North of Washington one big hill after another, I did 100km to…
It turns out that today Richmond hosted cycling World championship, so everybody thought I was a cyclist, asking me where is my team.. Truth being told, the only thing I got from that race was a 10km detour which costed…
Long day, roads in Virginia were good, just like in NC. I reached Richmond at 6pm. I met a man from Bosnia who helped me with the ATM machine. I slept in a motel south of Richmond. It was strange to hear…
This was the first day that I made some serious hill climbing in the States. I finished at nightfall. Atmosphere was better than in the south. Normal day.
I got up determined to reach Smithfield. The couchsurfing host took me in despite I arrived at night. Good people here, I had a nice rest. With the detour I made 20km more than planned, all good.
I finally reached North Carolina! It was a magnificent day in terms of my performance. My butt rash was better, roads were better as well. Not as dangerous, still southern atmosphere though, one more day and I will be heading…
One of the best or the best day in terms of my performance. I guess I really did not like the south so I decided to push it really hard. I did 186km in one day from leavin SC.
Mentally very challenging day. I decided to stay one more day in Charleston but not because of its beauty. I just had to regroup after unbelievably dangerous days. This day was as well very dangerous. I was riding all day…
Again roads in South Carolina are unbelieveably dangerous. It took me forever to reach Charleston, and also last part was horrible with traffic. I did 20km around Charleston to reach daily goal.
The roads were horrible, I had a bad experience on road US17. The locals were not helpfull at all, they acted like they have no idea what I was asking them. Anyway, I decided to take some side roads. Completed…