Another day another country

We left Mosonmagyarovar on a perfect day for cycling, with the sun shining brightly and not far away was another country, Slovakia. Hungary had been a memorable experience and from Slovakia onwards we won't need to draw money in the local currency anymore until we get to England. The Euros would be the currency used in all the countries making all transactions less complicated . The road leading out to the border was straightforward and most of the way we were on a beautiful cycling lane. It was less than 20 kilometers to the border and to our surprise when we reached the border there was no necessity go through any immigration procedures as there were no officials from Hungary or Slovakia manning the posts. All travellers just pass through without any inspection or stamping of passports . Strange as it may seem but this is my first experience - so called travel free policy. I don't usually keep track of distances cycled from place to place and after cycling from about 30 kilometers and on a perfect cycling lane along the Danube again we arrived in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.

Bratislava is smaller than Budapest but similar in some ways in that it is also not crowded and busy . Three local cyclists cycled with us to show the way to the hostel that we were looking for and to our pleasant surprise we also met a young Malaysian also checking in into the hostel. Ng Jia Yi ,24 from Penang is a student in Paris and here for visit . It 's really nice to meet a Malaysian after months of travelling and share some familiar tales. I have not seen much of Bratislava yet so just just a little peek for you. There'll be more later.

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Riding out of Mosonmagyarovar





Sharing information with other cyclists along the way










Bratislava for the tourists



















With Malaysian, Ng Jia Yi