{"id":32147,"date":"2019-09-01T11:49:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T11:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/?p=32147"},"modified":"2019-09-01T11:49:28","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T11:49:28","slug":"day-661-eldorado-to-montecarlo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/day-661-eldorado-to-montecarlo\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 661 – Eldorado to Montecarlo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 661                                                   12th May 2018
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20 miles (Eldorado to Montecarlo) Average speed 7.6 mph Top speed 33 mph<\/p>\n

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I go up at 7.30 and had tea before going up the hill to the bank to get cash; 3000 peso from an atm, plus a charge of 273 peso, for the privilege of taking your own money from a bank !! (That\u2019s over \u00a38) ouch! I bought three pastries, I can\u2019t remember the name, but I had two ham with cheese and a meat one. You\u2019d think I would have had enough in Brazil!<\/p>\n

I packed up and asked the owner to borrow a hose. He went off in search of one and then attached it to the the tap for me and tried to help by cleaning the bike with wire wool before I stopped him. Then I set off on another climb to the other end of the road where I was met by an even bigger one. Another cyclist past me and said good morning, I was getting lots of strange looks; I just say to myself now that, yes, I am crazy.  After thinking Argentina is a lot easier than Brazil, I was mistaken as the hills were  just as big today.<\/p>\n

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One hill after another<\/p><\/div>\n

At the bottom of one I saw the first possible camping, but it was in the middle of nowhere, apart from the river, and was close to the road, so I carried on knowing that I had plenty of choice up ahead. I passed a couple more, but decided to spend the night in Montecarlo as I liked the name, especially after Eldorado yesterday.<\/p>\n

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Just because I liked the name<\/p><\/div>\n

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So I went down into town to find a garage, which thankfully had WiFi, so I booked this hotel and thought I\u2019d treat myself.<\/p>\n

Hotel Ideal. 630 peso inc 21% vat!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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