Still on schedule!

Yesterday was exciting and beautiful as well as hard to the point I felt like I was gonna faint and had symptoms of fever.

It started out going out of Mavrovo early and after getting to the same intersection I was at yesterday but with my first target set for Debar I hoped for good roads.  Luckily my wish came true, I was accompanied by a beautiful mountain stream and it was 97% downhill.The rain was pouring down and I had a headwind against me the whole day of cycling but with those descents and the speed I was travelling by made the hairs on the back of my arms stand up. The scenery was amazing, huge mountains and I navigated through canyons and ended up in Debar, 5 Swedish mil, in record time of under three hours - compared to the day before when I managed to go 3 mil in over 5 hours.

On the bridge going out from Mavrovo town.

Taking a breather at a reststop with shelter from the rain, 

A bridge just before Debar. 

And far, far down there is the bridge from above...

Panorama of sunset over the mountains in Struga with the beautiful Lake Ohrid .

What I have learned from today is that I have to stock up on food and water and take more, shorter breaks for food and water intake - I felt sick when reaching Ohrid.

I have noticed some weird things and some not so weird things so far. The least weird thing is that I realize that when the harder parts occurs and when the headwind makes going up even the smallest slope difficult I focus on breathing and trying to keep a varied grip on my handlebars. I also have noticed that my legs, at times, feel like they are working without me having anything to do with them - almost like they were a being of their own.

Lastly, due to having way too little to eat and drink today I feel I am gonna try this distance'ish again with better food and water and then see if its worth it - otherwise I am gonna remap the route to settle for 6-8 mil days because its a vacation after all.