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Driving through Greece (Driving in Europe part 4)

Above is my driving map through Greece 

When I stepped down on the Greece border from the ship, there was no checking at all even nobody was there ( I understood how so many immigrants go to the Europe in by boats because there is no checking at all).

I didn't go inside Greece because there was no time (so sad for me) and drove straight towards Turkey. But one remarkable thing was that I drove on Egnatia Odos or Egnatia Motorway which is also referred to as Via Egnatia, code: A2). It is the Greek part of European route. It is a motorway in Greece that extends from the western port of Igoumenitsa to the eastern Greek–Turkish border at Kipoi.(Wikipedia)
So many tunnels that surprised me and I didn't like them much because you tot blind when you enter in the tunnel from the daylight and with a small bike maintaining 80-90 kmpl Speed, its like leaving yourself in God's hand because you suddenly become blind. I think I got Tunnelphobia 😭.

I'll tell how it's started when I started driving.
Ok one tunnel , second , third, another another....., may be 20th tunnel. It's not possible. Later I searched on google and found that it was total 76 tunnels (with a combined length of 99 km / 61.5 miles) and 1,650 bridges which I drove in 650 kms. 

Next post "Entry in Turkey and first town".
I stayed in a road side resort type hotel which was very cheap, maybe because it was not a tourist place. 

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