Saturday, July 28, 2007


This is the sort of thing I'll be looking forward to during my year away... The only problem is I have about a 3 hour window between when it gets cool enough to go out and dark. I'm currently trying to work on my heat tolerance. Having said that, there's good weather all year round, so it's not like I have to get all of my cycling in before Autumn.

The terrain is pretty varied, but there are hills everywhere, so there are very few straight, flat roads. Having said that, there are some fairly easy routes to choose from. For example, here are two of the routes I saw on a cycling website (the second one involves climbing 2060m in 37km, and has been described as 'moderate-hard' by the guide - and there are others that are classed 'hard'):