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title: 'Day 12: Ljubljana -> Slovenska Bistrica'
author: nadim.salloum
type: post
date: 2021-08-21T17:21:01+00:00
categories:
  - Velotour Sommer 2021

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After another break I was ready again for a longer distance, so I headed towards Maribor, and was just going to see how far I could make it in that day. For big parts I was on remote roads, with a highway nearby, but I was also mostly the only cyclist. At one point I met three fellow swiss cyclists, but we didn‘t meet for long. I got very quickly into much less populated areas, through many different tiny villages with no more than twenty houses. I also left the alps completely behind me and while I still had some hills, it was generally getting much flatter.

By the afternoon I realised that I would not be able to make it to Maribor, but I also did not find any camping nearby. It was getting later and darker quickly and I was getting exhausted, so I decided to go wild camping and started looking for forests. I found a spot and just as it was about to get dark managed to set up the tent. I quickly went to sleep as it was a long day…<figure class="wp-block-image size-large">

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="473" height="1024" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/4477E894-BFAB-43C4-82EE-4275B636025D-473x1024.png" alt="" class="wp-image-155" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/4477E894-BFAB-43C4-82EE-4275B636025D-473x1024.png 473w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/4477E894-BFAB-43C4-82EE-4275B636025D-139x300.png 139w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/4477E894-BFAB-43C4-82EE-4275B636025D-768x1663.png 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/4477E894-BFAB-43C4-82EE-4275B636025D-709x1536.png 709w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/4477E894-BFAB-43C4-82EE-4275B636025D-946x2048.png 946w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/4477E894-BFAB-43C4-82EE-4275B636025D.png 1125w" sizes="(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px" /> <figcaption>unfortunately I missed about two hours in my tracking because it was on pause… should be closer to 140 km</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="958" height="1280" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/F08CAB5E-22DA-4202-BC2A-57D82BA014B4-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-195" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/F08CAB5E-22DA-4202-BC2A-57D82BA014B4-edited.jpeg 958w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/F08CAB5E-22DA-4202-BC2A-57D82BA014B4-edited-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/F08CAB5E-22DA-4202-BC2A-57D82BA014B4-edited-766x1024.jpeg 766w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/F08CAB5E-22DA-4202-BC2A-57D82BA014B4-edited-768x1026.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px" /><figcaption>At one point the road ahead was blocked and I decided to turn around</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/C06EBC84-F97F-4584-B2BD-80A94043A276-1024x682.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-157" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/C06EBC84-F97F-4584-B2BD-80A94043A276-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/C06EBC84-F97F-4584-B2BD-80A94043A276-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/C06EBC84-F97F-4584-B2BD-80A94043A276-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/C06EBC84-F97F-4584-B2BD-80A94043A276.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>still hilly, but not as much as before</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/3B796EDB-AAF7-4613-BE9F-58BF75EC8F85-1024x682.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-158" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/3B796EDB-AAF7-4613-BE9F-58BF75EC8F85-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/3B796EDB-AAF7-4613-BE9F-58BF75EC8F85-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/3B796EDB-AAF7-4613-BE9F-58BF75EC8F85-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/3B796EDB-AAF7-4613-BE9F-58BF75EC8F85.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>lots of forest and not many people</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/77199F94-247C-4613-B58B-C45A86CAFCA6-1024x682.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-159" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/77199F94-247C-4613-B58B-C45A86CAFCA6-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/77199F94-247C-4613-B58B-C45A86CAFCA6-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/77199F94-247C-4613-B58B-C45A86CAFCA6-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/77199F94-247C-4613-B58B-C45A86CAFCA6.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>I was lucky with the weather, but the clouds were looming above me</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="766" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/189A0A0E-2B26-44BD-A5A9-0986F8F809F6-1024x766.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-160" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/189A0A0E-2B26-44BD-A5A9-0986F8F809F6-1024x766.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/189A0A0E-2B26-44BD-A5A9-0986F8F809F6-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/189A0A0E-2B26-44BD-A5A9-0986F8F809F6-768x575.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/189A0A0E-2B26-44BD-A5A9-0986F8F809F6.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>(morning after) tent set up in the forest</figcaption></figure>