14. New Horizons: Eventually time to leave Esso for Kozyresvsk.

"Kamchatka Peninsula" by Bike and Kayak
Fri 3 Aug 2012 03:58
55:55.401N 159:40.72E

With last minute packing decisions for slimming down pannier contents, I was up around 05h15, excited to be moving on! It definitely felt 'mind time' to leave, even though my leg was still extremely painful, I'd outgrown Esso, and my 'unlikely' friend the exciteable and paranoid landlady / restaurant owner!

I wasn't sure how the bus 'thing' was going to pan outt with my bicycle as baggage, but I felt confident resolve, that somehow I'd make it the 105km to Kozyresvsk today.... I must say I wasn't looking forward to the inevitable difficult negotiation with the bus driver, and my virtual zero Russian, that probably lay ahead. At worst I'd stand on the side of the main road of Esso and prey on one of those large orange timber trucks for a lift the 68km to the intersection with the highway North. From there it would be easy..