Today would be interesting. I had to get through the Prevesa tunnel first up.
I’ve seen online that there is a shuttle bus operated by the tunnel company. Cyclists have generally had good luck in getting the minivan shuttle, but some have reported issues. I knew it was still working a month ago. Yesterday, I met a guy who said that the service no longer operated and that hitchhiking was the solution. He had spent three hours trying to hitch, and in the end a generous guy in a small car, took him and his bags in the car and the guy had to lean out the window and hold his bike for the length of the tunnel.
In town in the morning, I was told to call the tunnel company on arrival. I did that, but they only confirmed that I should hitch. Apparently, there was a public bus in two hours, so I hitched. The traffic was very light but after less than ten minutes a guy with a ute stopped and took me and This Moment through the tunnel. I couldn’t believe my luck. He also offered to take me further, but this is a cycling trip, so I declined. Apparently, the reason that the service has stopped (unconfirmed) is that some bikes were damaged and the bike owners were taking action against the company. So they just stopped it. I wonder what will happen as the season progresses.
The guy also told me that Lefkada was a beautiful island, so that’s where I headed.
It was a fantastic, warm and sunny day and a pretty easy ride. I stopped for some excellent Gyros on the way, and rolled into Lefkada town soon after. I was tired and didn’t want to go any further, so I found an inexpensive and really nice room and checked in. Inexpensive here, means about a third of the price of a Dublin Hostel.
I walked around Lefkada, and like Prevesa, it’s well set up for tourists but Lefkada is largely empty at the moment.
I spent a fair amount of time working out what ferries I needed to get to Patras. I knew I had to go via Kefalonia, but the details of which ports exactly, were hard to find. I’ll leave that until the morning.
Dinner was another Moussaka. It’s quickly becoming my go to meal here, like toasties in Australia or Pad Kapao Moo Kai Do in South East Asia. The trouble is, after two months in Italy where I ate myself stupid, and now lots of rest days and short days, I’m soon going to need to diet
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I don”t think u r gonna need to diet mate
Haha
Yeah, but I’ve had too much of a good thing already. Lots more fantastic Greek food to come