Got all my camping gear packed up and left at 8am and then stopped at the supermarket for my breakfast and some coffee.
Met a German girl there that was studying some maps ,so went and ended up chatting for forty five minutes. She is solo on her first trip for four months through the Balkans and she steered me to some places I need to see. Great to meet a single female out there on her own, there are a few but not many, we exchanged numbers etc. and then headed up the coast.
Rode about 60km north on a really curvy section of coastline and then headed inland and climbed up to 3000ft over a pass and to the air base.
Got to the bunker and they were setting up for a civil defence training at the entrance to the bunker so I snaked my bike by and got to ride inside the bunker which had several passages and went on forever, got kinda scary, but went down all the tracks I could find, they are all the same but I am always hoping to see something different. Thoughts of a puncture crossed my mind and that got me heading for the exit. Without a light in there you will never find your way out, let alone stumble into a trench and that will be it, cause evryone just walks a hundred meters and then heads back, why I don'tknow.
Anyhow I got back to the entrance and parked my bike for a photo shoot and by then they cordoned off the entrance, so made it just in time. They begrudgingly held up the tape so I could pass under, no sense of humor. The runway is half in Bosnia and Croatia with concrete barriers across on the borderline, but just went around the ends of them to get into Bosnia. There are still landmines all over the place and you can see where they have taped off areas that have been cleaned or are being cleared of landmines along the runway.
Found a real nice apartment about 3 km away and it was only 3pm ,so enjoyed the afternoon by tightening my chain and sitting in the garden. Had the most delicious Trout and trimmings and a pumpkin pie, all homemade by the most welcoming and friendly owners.
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