This week’s Travelsonabike2 bicycle touring on this day cycle touring/cycling post comes from the 15th-November-2011, and I’m in Serbia, on my way to Australia.
Tuesday 15th November 2011 Mohacs, Hungary to Novi Sad, Serbia. 104 miles.
It was another cold start, but at least it’s dry, which is much better than rain. Croatia came and went today, my seventh country. As I cycled up to the Croatian border, I was worried it was closed. There was a long line of lorries that weren’t moving. But thankfully, all other traffic was being let through, well, at least motorbikes. I never saw any other vehicles.
I got the first two stamps in my passport today, one as I crossed into Croatia and the other on my exit. While waiting for my entry stamp into Croatia, I seemed to be getting a lot of questions asked of me by a rather portly man in a brown suit. I wasn’t sure who he was as he wasn’t in a uniform, although he had a badge on his suit lapel. Maybe he was the secret police! I think he was asking me where I was going, so I told him. I’m not sure what he thought or whether it’s what he wanted to know. But he shook his head at certain countries.
Signs Of War
It was a pleasant ride through Croatia; it was nice and flat. As I cycled through Osijek, I noticed a couple of houses that looked as if they were riddled with bullet holes. But I decided it probably wasn’t bullets, and it was something else. Then, about a kilometre out of Osijek, when I was away from any houses and surrounded by fields, I noticed some signs with skulls and crossbones on them. And after a closer look, I realised they were warning about land mines. Perhaps they were bullet holes in the houses, after all, from the Croatian war of the 90’s. I’m glad I didn’t pop into the fields for a comfort break. That could have been painful! I had more border checks crossing into Serbia, but again, no problem, and I’m now in country number eight.
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