Baja to Pellerd. Temperature rising.

After a good night's sleep in the tent overlooking the Danube River, I was up nice and early for today's ride. The photo below is of our campsite around 6am today. I should note that this is too early to get out of bed.

We rolled out of the campsite around 7.30am and headed south following the Danube to the town of Mohacs. The ride to Mohacs followed a levee all the way winding through pine forests and miles of Paprika crops. It was another fine morning to go bike riding. 

To cross the Danube River we had to board the local ferry with cars and trucks for the 1 minute trip across the river. The photo below is of one of the locks on the Danube River.

 I took the above photo whilst waiting to board the ferry to cross over to the town of Mohacs.

The above photo was taken to show how little traffic take this crossing each day.

After crossing the river we headed for the town of Pecs.  We stopped for some dinner just outside of Mohacs at the local pub.  It amazes me as to the number of men drinking beer in this country and the time in which they start.  Whilst having a coffee earlier in the day, there was a guy drinking beer at 9am.  Now that's keen.

As we approached the town of Pecs, Peter suggested that we take a photo showing off our pecs. Some call them muscles.  Mine were hard to see because of cycling gear.  With 6kms to go to the town of Pellerd, we decided to cut the day short because of the heat.  Today's max was 41 degrees C and we covered 93kms. We rolled into Pellerd around 3pm and found a nice hotel.  We bargained for a discount like all Aussies do and we got what we wanted.  Tomorrow we reach the Croatian border and leave Hungary forever.

Hungary has been a beautiful country and I've enjoyed the riding and it's people very much.  Tomorrow we'll be up nice and early for breakfast and hopefully hit the road by 8am.

Until tomorrow, safe riding.