One of the highlights of this trip has probably been to observe how people reacted when seeing our solar powered bikes for the first time. When we would overtake fellow touring cyclists (mostly on a hill due to all that heavy gear) you could observe the face expression from “what is that” to “ah, these are apparently solar panels” to “damn, I wish right now I would also have that assistance to go up this hill faster”.

We only went up to Bosnia as there is a scenic trail from Trebinje to Mostar following shut down rail tracks. Our plan was to cycle along the coast road in Croatia but there we had to share the road with a lot of tourists and their RVs respectively. When we entered Bosnia the roads were quiet again and in general it felt much more calm. Hence it was an easy decision to change the route one last time by cycling through Bosnia as long as possible and then go up north-west towards Austria and Germany instead of the more southern sea route to Italy.

Melbourne security officers After disassembling and packing up our trailers for the third and final time we felt relived and went to the airport expecting flights with no bigger issues as we had brought our luggage trough security checks all over the world already. But the security at the Melbourne airport had a different idea. So far, we only had a problem due to the batteries in Fiji so we double checked the airline regulations before booking our flight.