7:30 pm. A day of riding from Kotor to Novi Pazar. Temps ranged from mid 70s to mid 80s depending on altitude, and colder in the longer tunnels. It was sunny with little wind, so the weather was pretty much perfect.
We only rode 200 miles but it took us 6 hours, with a nice lunch break. We went through a lot of small towns with slower speeds, some road construction and rock cleanup, and a very long border crossing leaving Montenegro and entering Serbia. We were surprised at the amount of traffic.
The scenery was impressive. Montenegro is a very mountainous country and we saw some pretty areas along the Adriatic coast through the city of Budva and into Podgorica. Pictures below were taken by Sooz while riding and show the horizon os mountain layers. It's pretty impressive.
We passed through lots of tunnels, some short, some long. Most of them are not lighted so leaving the bright sunlight and entering the pitch black tunnel is really disorienting to me, especially when I forget to flip up my darkly tinted face shield.
Some random observations: drivers here rarely honk their horns even when cut off or almost hit head on; passing and no passing lines on the road are mostly observed by car and truck drivers but not by motorcycle and scooter riders; speed limits are rarely followed except when coming into town when drivers slow down; there are some really upscale cars being driven, Audis, Mercedes and BMWs; today when entering Serbia was the first time a border guard asked us to take off our helmets.
We had a nice lunch at a busy local restaurant recommended by a gas station attendant. It was basic local fare in Montenegro and I took a picture of the menu with some English and prices in Euros. We are really enjoying the local salads usually called Srpska and Sopska, or similar. The massive hamburger platter with fries and salad just about did me in.
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