Gallery:A1 (Lithuania)
50 kilometers into our journey from Klaipeda to Vilnius. Klaipeda is the third biggest city, Kaunas is second and Vilnius is the capital. It is motorway to Kaunas, which is 2/3rds of the way to Vilnius. The motorway was built by the Russians in 1987 as Klaipeda is an important port.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
Contraflow. I managed to set the information display in our hire car to Imperial - we're showing an average speed of 60 mph.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
MSA on the A1 on a 'busy' Saturday morning! The white Opel Calibra is the owner's car, so there are two cars stopped here!
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
The same MSA looking the other way. Something has spilt oil over the access road.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
A bus stop on a motorway? We are near Kaunas and the road changes soon from a D2M with a speed limit of 130 kph to a D2 with a speed limit of 110 kpm.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
We stay on the A1 for Vilnius. The turn right is for Kaunas and the Soviet blocks of flats fill the skyline.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
Traffic joins the road from Kaunas and it gets busier now.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
Cafe with interesting sign of roasting pig!
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
Going into another contraflow between Kaunas and Vilnius. The mobile phone advert is interesting. There are hoadings appearing all along the sides of this road and there are obviously no restrictions!
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
Contaflow between Kaunas and Vilnius with one lane in each direction and no delay!
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
Going backwards at an MSA so the wife doen't get wet when we left! You pay for petrol in the cafe and there is one unisex loo! Our Toyota Corolla that we hired for two weeks was only two weeks old when we collected it!
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
Through Pavojingas. The police often check speeds through these villages as the road continues as a D2 but limit is only 70kph (44mph) and then........
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
.........past a Russian church.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
The turn for Minsk and Belarus just before entering Vilnius on the A1 from the west.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
Entering Vilnius under the trolley bus wires.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 07, 2006 by Octaviadriver
A1 Klaipeda to Vilnius in Lithuania. Kaunas is the second largest city in the country and is the junction to turn for Poland when driving from Klaipeda, which is on the Baltic Coast, unless you want to go through the Kaliningrad Region.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 03, 2006 by Octaviadriver