My trip from icy cold mountains to a balcony with evening sun and summer temperature! 10/4-2013

I called the bus company in Ioannia to make sure my bike would be allowed on board, they said no problem, but something was telling me I needed to get there as soon as possible. Leaving Monodendri I wanted to see the stone bridges but with the amount of roads going left, right, up and down I didn't dare taking the chance I'll end up on some back road where it would take me forever to get out of Vikos-Aoos National park. 
Turns out I ( read the GPS ) found that road anyway sort of.

I have changed my tactics when it comes to nasty dogs, unless I can safely pass them at high speed I now slow down, almost to a walking pace, and go Cesar Milan on their ass. That is using Ssch! and reacting as the North Atlantic would if you gently placed a yellow rubber duck in it's waters. Turns out that works fine, kind of bores
those hell spawn enough to go sniff their crotches instead.

Anyway, on my way out of the National park the GPS thought I hadn't been tested enough so it picked a road over a mountain that wasn't absurdly high but the incline was like 45 degrees, I was so high up on my toes that my shoes almost fell off. THEN it gives me a serpentine downhill with a road with razor sharp rocks the size of
oranges. Parts of it I just walked because the bicycle is so heavy I had to lean back, push my heels into the stones, use my brakes and it still forced me lean back while gravity dragged me downhill. It turned out I lost one of my metal clips under my shoes in the process and those things are attached to the sole with two(2) screws.

The start of the downhill, the grass vanished fast and left rocks as the underlay.

A smile from ear to ear came onto my face when I found Blue Monster energy drinks in Ioannina, I bought the ones they had in stock, sadly only three.

Thanks Tommy for introducing me to these things... ;)
Hello, my name is Marcus and I'm an addict.

According to my plan 2.0 I bought a bus ticket to Kalampaka and enjoyed every kilometer of it, once there I settled in at the hotel, my room had a balcony with chairs, a table and evening sun.

Toti Sister hotel - my room.

Moussaka, potatoes and Mythos beer for dinner!