Rab to Pag

Another day and another ferry to another island.  Today we leave Rab island and head to Pag island.  It is only 10 kilometers to the ferry port so that goes pretty quickly.  At the port we encounter another cycling group from France / Belgium.  They were quite a large group -- 38 total.  We had nice conversations with several of  them.  They chartered a bus and trailer and drove here from Paris.

Connie & Iliya at the ferry for Pag with Diana, Sharon, Terry and Diane in the background.  

Once off the ferry we headed up the hill.  Riding with the large French group was kind of fun, except they do seem to use slightly different rules of the road than we do.  The landscape on Pag is incredible.  It is best described as a moonscape.  Just totally devoid of devastation.  The white you see in the following two pictures is just barren limestone.

Mike topping one of the hills on Pag.

Mary and Diane topping one of the hills on Pag.

It was hot with strong head winds as we cycled south along the western side of Pag island.  So when we finally turned east and crossed over to the western side of the island it was a welcome site.  Particularly since we had a wonderful view of the city of Pag and it was all down hill to our hotel.

The town of Pag on Pag island.

A quick descent and we were into our hotel.  Much to our surprise, there to greet us was the french riders tour bus.  They were staying at the same hotel that we were.  The poor hotel staff were nearly beside themselves trying to take care of more than 50 cyclists at the same time.

After a quick shower we were off to explore the town.  It was a quite small little town known for its salt production (as well as fishing and tourism).

The town of Pag from the foot bridge.

Tomorrow we leave the island -- but no ferry this time, just a bridge back to the mainland and then down to Zadar.