This is often the case with expressways built in rural areas. The expressway runs along the coast, but the mountains are so close to the sea that it had to have so many tunnels. It was a very fine day, and I didn't feel like riding through these tunnels and suffering from Diesel smoke. So I got off the expressway shortly before that part began, and rode down the national way along the coast, enjoying the beautiful sea-scape. I waved to the riders in the opposite direction, and some of them waved back.
Life is good.
Problem was that I felt some blunt pain in the back of my left thigh again. Plus, I had some headache in my Shoei hat. It was impossible to increase my speed among other traffic on the national way with double yellow. The twisties were really nice. Although some parts were one-laners, mostly they were recently paved two lane with corners of decent radii.