Banjul still seems a long way away...

Posted Monday, February 05, 2007, 10:15 PM by Lonely Planet

Day 2: Tony and Maureen Wheeler make their way to Vitoria in Spain - Banjul still seems a long way away.


Saturday 3 February
Eventually drag ourselves out of bed (it's dark outside), grab some breakfast, jump in the 'trusty' Mitsubishi and head south. For the whole day. By which time we've covered 700km and crossed the border into Spain. At which time the usual travel mysteries kick in. Why do our route notes (downloaded from the RAC UK website) not seem to match up with reality? And when we finally cruise into Vitoria, after dark, why is there not a single hotel anywhere to be found?

We circle around, trying to find the city centre, trying to find anything, nearly get sideswiped by a local making a beeline for a vacant parking spot, nearly having a head-on with another local when we turn into a one way street only to find it's two way, and then suddenly chance upon a hotel with a car park. And a bar. And a very reasonably priced restaurant, where a bottle of very nice red is thrown in with dinner at no extra cost. What's not to like?

- Tony Wheeler

Track progress and view a map of the route here.

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