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Ed. Days 27 to 29 were spent soaking up the East European night life - all good things must come to an end eh?

Day 30: 15/09/03
From: Krakow
To: Zakopane
Dist: 128km
Weather: Hot, sunny

Left Krakow on 5 hours sleep on the grim main roads running through the city’s industrial area to Wiekzka. There we picked up a quiet road running parallel to the much busier 964. This took us to Dobcyzce from where we got on the 963 to Wierzbunowa and there switched back on to desolate rural lanes weaving through nice scenic hills. Sticking to minor roads where possible we got to Klikuszowa where we hit the main 47 road through Nowy Targ. At Szaflery, about 20 km from Zakopane we turned off and climbed up on to a ridge to our right. This gave us a spectacular sunset but added at least an extra hour to our journey today. By the time we got to Zab where the road ended and we had to take a steep rocky path 2km down in to Zakopane it was pitch black. Got to the campsite and rented the top half of a log cabin for about 4 quid each a night.