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45. +45. Tag (8.+9.06.2007): Campobasso - Foggia - Bari Langstrecke

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I woke up in the morning because of a strange noise: a young dog had found my food next to the bike and was playing with the bread. I played with it for a while and started cycling then. My goal was Brindisi in 2 days - about 380km mostly flat. The tour today was hilly tou mountaineous for the first 80km - then it got flat, really flat.

many small villages built on mountainssee the flat land on the horizon! have been waiting for that for hours

After about 40km in the flat I had gone around Foggia. It started to rain and I had to stay at a fuel station for about an hour.

 rain again, near Foggia

I then continued to a small city about 10 to 15 km from Foggia where locals warned me because on the way to Brindisi there would be much violence and many criminals (Mafia) - maybe they only wanted to scare me a bit.

I continued to cycle into the night and found a dry place in a flooded area in a train station - but there were so many mosquitos that I left at 2:30am and cycled another 120km until I arrived in Bari in the morning at 9am or so. So the total distance in 24 hours was about 282km with about 1300 meters in altitude.

 small streets in Barismall streets in BariChurch in Bari, Italy

Statue in Bari
I found a ferry company and bought a ticket to Igoumenitsa, Greece for a ferry which left at 5pm. I got on the ferry at 2:30pm, found a shower where I cleaned not only me but also my waterproof bags and my clothes. On the ferry I met people from the USA, Greece and Germany.

Pictures will follow from an inet-cafe with a better operating system (win98)

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1 Response to “45. +45. Tag (8.+9.06.2007): Campobasso - Foggia - Bari Langstrecke”


  1. 1 Michael

    I read all that Daniel and they’re awesome,I am waiting for your information about Greece and our pic!

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