Cycling in Croatia is an experience that changes my perspective and feelings about the country every week.
This week of bike packing through the Istrian peninsula has been short but filled with beautiful scenery. Mountains and the turquoise sea were the things that I saw plenty from my saddle during these days and my feelings about the country have changed compared to how I felt in the first week of biking through Croatia.
The people seem to become friendlier, the roads safer and the scenery way more beautiful.
Despite all the extra costs that caused a hole in my budget, I was happy to get going again. Wanna know if I manage to continue despite these problems? Then join me riding this week through this country of mountains and sea.
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00:00 A bike odyssey across Europe
01:17 Week 5
02:24 Can I continue my trip?
02:55 A fresh start
03:36 Bushfire in Pula, Croatia
04:49 Bike ride during a heatwave
06:21 Sometimes hiking, always biking
07:38 Thunderstorm…
08:11 Labin
10:45 A way forward, a cake and a shower
13:47 Fullspeed to Rijeka
15:36 Tourism doesn’t mean tourist attractions
16:46 I may have found a solution…
18:10 I need your help!
19:13 Thank you for watching!
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7 Comments
Really love the water colour! It must be so inviting to always see it while riding in a hot day
Yeah, just a few weeks in and I hear you talk about sending and receiving packages several times. Once in a while may be ok, but it's a pain, the goal must be to be self sufficient and source as much as possible locally. I'm no mountaineer so not really in the picture what the degree of difficulty and required gear is. In my perception plenty are walkable or even drivable. I may be biased though as the closest three country high points (Benelux) can be done in a single day on bicycle. Those peaks that require gear, maybe renting locally may be cheaper and be easier than renting a B&B for several days.
With respect to budget, I suspect starting a Patreon now is (too) early, it takes extra work to provide benefits, while with the limited following you have unlikely to pay off. You're likely better off with donate buttons from Paypal or Kofi. Only by the time you've proof people are willing to support you financially I would start considering Patreon. But that's of course just my €0.02 worth.
The second week of biking in Croatia makes me change my first impression I made about it (which was not that great). You can check how that went here, in my previous video https://youtu.be/R7HO1SWbuy8
Making these videos next to having a job which finances my adventures is something I cannot sustain for long, therefore I set for this channel a goal and reaching this goal will allow me to partly fund my adventures through the videos that I produce. And this goal is reaching 5000 subscribers by the end of the year! I know it is very ambitious, but if you enjoy my videos even a bit, I would appreciate if you would hit that button. It costs you nothing but it means a lot to me! 🙏
Besides this, as a suggestion from one of you, I setup a patreon page where I am offering some exclusive insights and content and it is another way in which you can support me. 😊
https://www.patreon.com/untraveledroads
How about cycling across Korcula?
write a book.. funny guy
You need to practice your English.. 😅
What time of year is it please?