Saturday 21 June Rostov to Anape

The rebels were off again with some of the problems caused by the BMW agents in Ekaterinberg, so we spent some long time again at a BMW agents in Anape. They got TJ back on the road by midday so it was now a designated tar seal ride for us because there was 450k or so to ride.
So we had lots of villages, and some very pretty churches. The Police were again active and got one of our group with a fine. The ride into Anape was pretty good as the city is on the Black Sea.
The a lack of directions and a very average GPS map was again the villain. The Hotel was actually in a park with no real signpostining. Never mind. We were directed the next day to follow the escourt vehicle and he got lost so it must be harder than it looks.
The Hotel as I said was on the Black Sea. This is a major tourist spot and our last city in Russia.
The usual waterfont attractions, itinerant musicians, people wlaking everywhere. A most pleasant place and probably a goood holiday spot.
I have not mentioned the food and as usual it was poorly organised and pretty average, which is why so often I have relied on my Russian speaking mate Tom to find alternative eating places.
Actually the lunches on the road have provided the best and most interesting food.
The planning and implementation of the Russian leg of the journey has been bad. Thank goodness for the local guide, but the trip itself can only be described as bewildering. Nothing planned, bad choice of routes and locations, no interaction with locals, in fact we have been to some wonderful and historic places and seen little of them. Arriving late so often and on short days nothing planned. Amazingly bad really. However thanks to Tom I have enjoyed the experience of Russia. It is old. Its is proud. It is recovering. It has a long way to go however.
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