Day 32 Firework mishap and goodbye to Budapest

Ending strangely, oddly, today was quite lively and lovely.  We headed out in kayaks around 130pm from Budapest.  We finished what was left of the vodka  which wasn't much, but more of a cheers to a beautiful city that I will surely visit more in the future.  From the fascinating architecture, to the lavish bathhouses, to the music scene that we barely touched, to the great people l, and cheap drinks, Budapest will have a place in my heart and mind for a long time.

It was sad to go, but we are just a little behind schedule.  Not by much, but enough not to stay any longer.  After resupplying on apple's, we headed out to the opposite side of the river where the tourist boat sank and killed a dozen Koreans just a few months ago.

The river was crazy with traffic, but we hugged the left shore and only almost got run over once   For some reason boats dont have turn signals.... why??

The exit was stunning, there are palaces built into the hillside which have underground labyrinths, statues, columns, gold and copper roofs, and other things I couldn't understand engineering wise, and surely this society we live in today doesn't either.

After a quiet 40km we found a nice place to camp with plenty of fire wood.

I sit here under the moon and star with only one or two car sounds every few minutes.

We also decided to launch a firework off but I stuck the stake in the ground too far.  The rocket wouldn't take off and we immediately knew to run for cover.  It was a real firework, 40ft explosion with 2 types of pyros, a bang then a fizzle.  It was as loud as a shotgun.  We all laughed and thanked God we had all our limbs.

As we went to bed, after some sausage and cheese and bread, the tree holding Toby in his hammock broke and he fell to the ground.  Great job.

Tomorrow we will try for 60km and hopefully make it to Belgrade in 8 or 9 days.

km marker 1610?