We
leave Olympia with the street, between the excavations. It is a "yellow",
it becomes narrow. There are also driving bussesand it becomes dangerous in curves!
Ca. 50 km curving away from Olympia with woody mountainstreets sometimes very
narrow but good asphalted and narrow bridges.
You follow the signs to "Tripoli". If there is no sign, follow the street.
Sometimes
you reach a single-track bridge over the river Erimanthos. Sometimes later the
street becomes wide. But not long! A landslip ruined the street and a little was
built arond.
Abrupt the wide street is ending and with her the lines to bring more alternatives
to the driver. A little village, a little gasolin station. The street is winding
narrower as to Langadia. But then we are lucky, no bus was coming. In Langadia
it is also narrow but with the many mirrors it is better and quicker to drive
through.
Some lokals invite and also a big parking places at the end of the village. End
with narrow curves!
Now
it is quick through the fresh mountain air. Some kilometers after Karkalou we
see a campingplace. If you camp here, take a warm sleepingbag with you!
Between the folloing street are very much bee-hives. Some of them leaves theyr
lives with our motorcycles. Here it is better to shut your helmet and your jacket!
Follow the street, round the half place from Levidi, to be on the way to Tripoli.
Some little villages, then some big gasolin statins. Who likes to drive till Korinth
or Athen should take the sprit here. Soon the highway is beginning and again there
are no gasoline stations.
A
motorcyclist pays 0,90 Euro, 1,50 Euro is the car.
Till Korinth are many parking places - but not any restaurant or gasoline station.
At the second exit after Korinth we leave the highway, drive ttill the traffic
light, where we drive right, we reach Isthmia and after some kilometers to Camping
Isthmia Beach. Or: Go to exit "Epidaurus", then the way is not so long
as with state road.
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