Novi Pazar to somewhere in Kosovo.

Before retiring for the evening we went back out for dinner and a casual walk of the city.  I took the above photo in the mall at 8pm.  The rest of the night was sleeping.

We were up nice and early for the planned ride to Prishtine the capital of Kosovo today. We left hotel Vrbak at 7am and headed out of the city.  We were told by at least 3 people the night before the way to go.  After about 15 minutes of riding I checked my satnav and it was showing north.  We did not want to head north.  I asked a lady which way to Kosovo and she pointed back to the way we had come.  I was not impressed.  We rode back to town and were given more directions.

I asked 2 policemen on the side of the road and they pointed us in the direction of Kosovo.  The problem was that these 2 idiots directed us to the longest route to Kosovo.  To make this story brief, instead of being in Mitrovice after 20kms, we are now 12kms away staying in a hotel after completing 82kms in the pouring rain.  Now that's not bad for riding out of the way.

As we were riding out of town this morning I saw an interesting incident.  This chap turned up in his car, opened the door, and his wife put his fur lined gum boots right at the door so he didn't have to do a thing, other than slip his feet into the boots.  Now this is a perfect woman.

After riding 50kms we reached the Kosovo border.  As usual, a long line of trucks waiting to enter Kosovo. The presence of UN peace keepers were everywhere, and also a compound to house the officers was close by.  The UN peace keeper at the border assured us that Kosovo was safe and that we should have a safe journey.

We rode on in the pouring rain for another 30kms until we came to this small motel.  I was wet and we needed to eat.  Instead of eating and then going back out in wet clothes, which is a recipe for sickness, we decided to check out the rooms and call it a day at 12.30pm with 82kms done.  I'm confident we would have made Prishtine if it wasn't for the rain.

The room at the hotel is small but very nice.  We had a great lunch to warm us up and for the rest of the day we'll keep warm, dry out our wet gear and get ready for the ride tomorrow.  The weather is now clearing and I'm sure we'll have a great ride to the capital.

The above photo was taken of one of the nicer buildings in Novi Pazar.

After the rain stopped, Peter and I went for a walk up the road to get out of our room.  We came across a shop and asked the lady if she could make us a cup of tea.  The photo above is the lady making our tea.  We sat back, sipped on our tea and watched the world go by.

Until tomorrow, safe riding.