Romania tour no 7 21June 2012
Early breakfast @ 7am briefing at 8-45 clutch out 9am
Woke this morning to find fog had enclosed us so it was a good time to leave at 9 am.Breakfast we introduced Matej to Vegemite. Yuk was his response
The day was also going to be very hot and we had a huge challenge in front of us it was going to be a short day 190 klm but a very adventures one.
First we rode a country road and there were a few pot holes so we just practiced for what was to come.Rozle had already told us that what we were about ride was the worse road in Romania but the view was worth the ride.
(funny when you are on tour ,you believe anything)
Prislop Pass it is a mountain pass and climbs to an altitude of 1416 metres it is the highest Romanian pass and a bikers nightmare.
Leaving the main highway the challenge is in front,it is a National Park with little villages scattered along a river,many horse carts again packed with straw and peasants going about their daily chores.
The road is bloody dreadful, biggest pot holes we have ever seen, so we zig zag across the road to miss as many as we could, but sometimes it did not work and we get tossed about on the bike
We see other motorcyclist camping by the river As we climb higher a couple of the Americans pass us dodging pot holes and going rather fast for the road conditions.yes the scenery spectacular as we reach the summit, you can see forever,the pine forest and the valley below mountains on either side .
We have our morning tea and the group photo , and then we check out the bikes for any damage from the pot holes And yes there is major damage to one bike, both front and back rim's are stuffed, Lucky they have tubes other wise the rider would have been stuck there.
As we descent, Matej rides ahead to get some photos, the American family thought they were going to be left behind so they followed Matej down . Duh the road has many turns and lots of photo opportunities
The valley was beautiful ,the houses had gates with wooden carvings on them shingles on the roof,the place is very clean and No "club Mac"
The lady who was miss placed yesterday did it again today, got miss placed.
She stopped to take some photos and could not follow her GPS to catch up with the group, we stopped at a junction for a while in the bloody heat, and Rozle went looking for her, so Matej asked us to go on to the Barsana Monastery as there may be some shade.
Looking around this Monastery was very interesting it is UNESCO listed,it has many wooden structures and very tall spires , in a beautiful garden setting,it has 16 nuns still in residence a notice on a wall states it was built around 1390 , (all this culture ) there is 56 metre tall spire reputedly to be the tallest wooden structure in Europe.
Rob notices that his phone has gone missing much panic has set in ,retraces his steps, some honest person had handed it in , (but we are at a Monastery)
We had lunch in a little cafe on site, still the missing women has not turned up,
Rozle rings Matej to tell him all is well Ann is now at the hotel
The ride to the hotel is 33klms but it is35 c and the heat is draining our energy level.
Arriving at the hotel which is situated a few kilometers from the Ukrainian border the boys are going to have a ride there tomorrow, Australians need a visa to enter the country which we don't have, so we will explore this little city
The rice must be working for Pauline and Neil, but now we have a few more go down with the bug.We are both well (so far)
Dinner tonight is at the hotel
Early breakfast @ 7am briefing at 8-45 clutch out 9am
Woke this morning to find fog had enclosed us so it was a good time to leave at 9 am.Breakfast we introduced Matej to Vegemite. Yuk was his responseThe day was also going to be very hot and we had a huge challenge in front of us it was going to be a short day 190 klm but a very adventures one.
First we rode a country road and there were a few pot holes so we just practiced for what was to come.Rozle had already told us that what we were about ride was the worse road in Romania but the view was worth the ride.
(funny when you are on tour ,you believe anything)
Prislop Pass it is a mountain pass and climbs to an altitude of 1416 metres it is the highest Romanian pass and a bikers nightmare.
Leaving the main highway the challenge is in front,it is a National Park with little villages scattered along a river,many horse carts again packed with straw and peasants going about their daily chores.
The road is bloody dreadful, biggest pot holes we have ever seen, so we zig zag across the road to miss as many as we could, but sometimes it did not work and we get tossed about on the bike
We see other motorcyclist camping by the river As we climb higher a couple of the Americans pass us dodging pot holes and going rather fast for the road conditions.yes the scenery spectacular as we reach the summit, you can see forever,the pine forest and the valley below mountains on either side .
We have our morning tea and the group photo , and then we check out the bikes for any damage from the pot holes And yes there is major damage to one bike, both front and back rim's are stuffed, Lucky they have tubes other wise the rider would have been stuck there.As we descent, Matej rides ahead to get some photos, the American family thought they were going to be left behind so they followed Matej down . Duh the road has many turns and lots of photo opportunities
The valley was beautiful ,the houses had gates with wooden carvings on them shingles on the roof,the place is very clean and No "club Mac"
The lady who was miss placed yesterday did it again today, got miss placed.
She stopped to take some photos and could not follow her GPS to catch up with the group, we stopped at a junction for a while in the bloody heat, and Rozle went looking for her, so Matej asked us to go on to the Barsana Monastery as there may be some shade.
Looking around this Monastery was very interesting it is UNESCO listed,it has many wooden structures and very tall spires , in a beautiful garden setting,it has 16 nuns still in residence a notice on a wall states it was built around 1390 , (all this culture ) there is 56 metre tall spire reputedly to be the tallest wooden structure in Europe.Rob notices that his phone has gone missing much panic has set in ,retraces his steps, some honest person had handed it in , (but we are at a Monastery)
We had lunch in a little cafe on site, still the missing women has not turned up,
Rozle rings Matej to tell him all is well Ann is now at the hotel
The ride to the hotel is 33klms but it is35 c and the heat is draining our energy level.
Arriving at the hotel which is situated a few kilometers from the Ukrainian border the boys are going to have a ride there tomorrow, Australians need a visa to enter the country which we don't have, so we will explore this little city
The rice must be working for Pauline and Neil, but now we have a few more go down with the bug.We are both well (so far)
Dinner tonight is at the hotel
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