{"id":3747,"date":"2013-04-30T20:08:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T18:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=3747"},"modified":"2013-05-20T15:20:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T13:20:01","slug":"near-qafe-draje-kukes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=3747","title":{"rendered":"Near Qaf\u00eb Draj\u00eb – Kuk\u00ebs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the head of the family asked at what time we wanted to leave today. I had no clue what was appropriate and just guesstimated 9am.<\/p>\n

This morning the family started to move with first light – around 5am. We got up at 7, had a coffee and milk directly from the cow, and were on the road by 7:40am.<\/p>\n

We kept cycling along the Black Drim’s valley. More or less. Twice we had to climb out to circumnavigate a narrow gorge. That was a couple hundred meters in elevation both times, and quite exhausting.<\/p>\n

We’re in the town of Kuk\u00ebs now. The original Kuk\u00ebs was submerged in the 1970s when the Liqeni i Fierz\u00eb reservoir lake was created. It’s not pretty and there is lots of construction work going on. People are nice, though.<\/p>\n

We were totally exhausted after arrival and downed 3 liters of some dangerously coloured fizzy drinks pretty much immediately. Average speed and temperatures were mostly identical to yesterday’s – around 10km\/h and 42\u00b0C (in the sun), respectively.<\/p>\n

I bought an emergency replacement for Frankenwheel – some cheap Chinese rubber tyre that won’t last long but would hopefully bring me to the nearest city if need be.<\/p>\n

It is now 10pm and still 26\u00b0C.<\/p>\n

Cycled: 41km<\/p>\n