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Crete, Greece
Okay, so I'm riding around Crete on a rented 400cc bike. Loving it. All day, having an awesome time. In the late arvo, about 100km from my hostel, I'm riding around, happy as Larry. Picture this:
* a very windy little road
* soft edges on this road
* a pot hole in amongst the soft edges
* the bend was under strong shade, partly invisible coming from strong sun
* my sunglasses were shit - i couldn't see the surface
* there was a sexy looking goat I had my eye on.
Put this all together and you get me almost on top of the pothole before realising I should be turning more. So I turned more and swerved for the pothole. Hmm, bike slid out, my leg was under it.
Not too bad, though the feeling wasn't awesome. The whole way back I couldn't quite shake the feeling of a slippery surface under me (the rental place had warned me the roads here and generally low quality ashfalt and are very slippery). Hmmm.
So, I've been hopping - literally - around town, working up a sweat and tryinjg not to put too much pressure on my sprained foot. Everyone's been really sweet and helpful, and I couldn't have found a better value, and enjoyable hostel to be stranded at for a few days.
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