Follow the Mountains : Day 130: Cape Emine and the end of my trip to Nepal

At night I woke up to pee and couldn't sleep anymore, because I was thinking about what I should do after this trail. And then I was hungry, so I ate my last package of cookies, which was supposed to be my lunch the next day. I should mention, that I already had an eating attack at night, where I ate everything I had besides some oats and this package of cookies... Of course I just fell asleep before my alarm clock woke me up again!

But it was a wonderful morning, clear sky and the sun was already over the horizon. I walked to the water which was VERY slow flowing and although I was thirsty, I just drank barely a liter and filled up another one, because I was too impatient and thought I find more later on.

It was a quick walk to Cape Emine, which I found rather disappointing, so I didn't even go down the steep hill to the boulder beach with its garbage. And since the lighthouse and the actual Cape are military area, you are not allowed to go there.

So I made my way in the direction of Nesebar with loads of flies bothering me. Before I hit the first houses of the resort town of Elenite, I saw a nice little stony beach from above and directly descended to it through thorny vegetation. There were huge tents and some people, but I went around a little corner and had the part of the beach to myself. I put my feet into the water, but although it was really warm, I felt no urge to go swimming. No idea, what happened to that little girl, who was jumping into every accessible water... I sat in the sun for a while, before I decided that it's time to get food.

I ascended to a dirt road, passing some ruins and a huge fig tree (sadly the figs were dry and had fallen off). And then came Elenite. Insane!!! It's basically only resorts, it looks like its dead and nobody is there, but some people are obviousely living there. I went to the supermarket, which was huge but there were lots of empty shelves and the chocolate I bought was not only super expensive but also over the date.

Then I walked along the road, since everything there seems to belong to some resort, even the beaches. There are security guards at each entrance, but it looks like there are no people, who stay there. It was so strange!!!

Then I came to Sweti Vlas, which consists of huge hotel and resort buildings. It looks like you could fit in thousands of people, but again, there were only a few. It looks like they really made some effort to make it nice, there were even signs for free bus shuttles, but it was mostly deserted or run down. Here I made it to the sandy beach and there were quite some people, all of older age. At that point I would have been hot enough to go for a swim, but with all the people around, I didn't wanted to. I just wanted to get away, since I was annoyed by all the tarmac and people and this strange atmosphere. So I got to a proper supermarket, drank 1 L of Fanta right away (I hadn't found any water anymore all day!) and made my way up the hill behind the town to find a camp spot. It's not perfect and in my opinion too close to the 4WD track that I ascended, but everything else is too steep and I doesn't look like somebody will pass by.

I already booked my hostel for tomorrow in Nessebar and can even check in early. And (most important) it has WiFi, so I can figure out where to go next. So sad, but the long hike to Nepal will never come true... I was looking forward to beach walk the nearly 10 km to Nessebar tomorrow, but now I'm not so sure, if it is going to be as nice as I thought. Well, there might be a bus, if I get too sick of it ;)