Romania tour 6 Wednesday 20 th June 2012
Well what a long day this was, as breakfast was not until 7-30 and briefing was a 8-45 and clutch out was 9am.
The day was going to be hot again so we all stocked up with some water.
First the road we ride through the Bicaz gorges it was cool and twisty as we make our way for 8 kilometers with rock on one side and sheer drop on the other, passing through a tunnel where souvenir shops were lining the roadway.
So now we are away from Transylvania into Moldova region.
The scenery has now changed and it is green rolling hills and it looks a little like Switzerland We fuel the bikes and head up through the mountains , pass many little villages and again many horse drawn carts covered with grass, as they are now building hay stacks for the winter.
We whizz pass a huge dam , and stop at the top of the mountain for the customary photo, stopping for morning tea after 82 kl in a little cafe that overlooked a river and a decorated bridge, bought some bananas from the little store nearby.
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Heading for our next stop met some road works i am sure that they were making more pot holes and not filling them in. The road now is real bad big rutts and hugh potholes.and takes forever to get over the mountain.
We regroup and find one rider missing. We wait and wait and it is so bloody hot, we take.of coats and helmets just as a funeral parade goes by, it was quite interesting seeing the parade with all the mourners walking behind a beautiful decorated cart.
We are still waiting for the other rider ,she turns up after about 1/2hour when she turned up, the gps said that she was on the wrong road so she turned around,but at last she figured it out.
Pauline and Neil both have the lurgy and Dr Rozle orders them Just Boiled Rice for the next few days,to get rid of all the tummy bugs ....Yummy no
After lunch we again climb over the mountain but the road is so rough, We have bottomed the bike many times, the last one gave us. big fright, as we were doing a left hand bend and we scraped the side stand but it hit a bump and we hit again and we were into the rough gravel f#*¥ but with the skill and daring of the rider saved us from any disaster as we climb over the twisty. Mountain roads we see gypsy caravans all pained and some silver glistening in the sunlight
Re grouping at a junction out tour leader takes us to the Sucevita Monastery
Both interior and exterior are covered with mural paintings the paintings date back to 1601 fantastic stuff.
As the tempature was gettinging warming and the time is slipping by, we forgo the second Monastery.
We arrive at our beut little hotel at 6-15pm
We had dinner and again the food was fantastic ,Pauline and Neil both got stuck into the "boiled Rice"
We broke up the americans by sitting in the middle of a long table so that had to talk to us so we had some great conversations
Again we have a long ride tomorrow over the worse roads thought we were already on the worse roads
We head for Marmatiel 190 klm
We are still having a split tour but we do regroup.
To tired to down load photos to night will do soon
Well what a long day this was, as breakfast was not until 7-30 and briefing was a 8-45 and clutch out was 9am.
The day was going to be hot again so we all stocked up with some water.
First the road we ride through the Bicaz gorges it was cool and twisty as we make our way for 8 kilometers with rock on one side and sheer drop on the other, passing through a tunnel where souvenir shops were lining the roadway.
So now we are away from Transylvania into Moldova region.
The scenery has now changed and it is green rolling hills and it looks a little like Switzerland We fuel the bikes and head up through the mountains , pass many little villages and again many horse drawn carts covered with grass, as they are now building hay stacks for the winter.
We whizz pass a huge dam , and stop at the top of the mountain for the customary photo, stopping for morning tea after 82 kl in a little cafe that overlooked a river and a decorated bridge, bought some bananas from the little store nearby.
.jpg)
Heading for our next stop met some road works i am sure that they were making more pot holes and not filling them in. The road now is real bad big rutts and hugh potholes.and takes forever to get over the mountain.We regroup and find one rider missing. We wait and wait and it is so bloody hot, we take.of coats and helmets just as a funeral parade goes by, it was quite interesting seeing the parade with all the mourners walking behind a beautiful decorated cart.
We are still waiting for the other rider ,she turns up after about 1/2hour when she turned up, the gps said that she was on the wrong road so she turned around,but at last she figured it out.
Pauline and Neil both have the lurgy and Dr Rozle orders them Just Boiled Rice for the next few days,to get rid of all the tummy bugs ....Yummy no
After lunch we again climb over the mountain but the road is so rough, We have bottomed the bike many times, the last one gave us. big fright, as we were doing a left hand bend and we scraped the side stand but it hit a bump and we hit again and we were into the rough gravel f#*¥ but with the skill and daring of the rider saved us from any disaster as we climb over the twisty. Mountain roads we see gypsy caravans all pained and some silver glistening in the sunlight
Re grouping at a junction out tour leader takes us to the Sucevita Monastery
Both interior and exterior are covered with mural paintings the paintings date back to 1601 fantastic stuff.
As the tempature was gettinging warming and the time is slipping by, we forgo the second Monastery.
We arrive at our beut little hotel at 6-15pmWe had dinner and again the food was fantastic ,Pauline and Neil both got stuck into the "boiled Rice"
We broke up the americans by sitting in the middle of a long table so that had to talk to us so we had some great conversations
Again we have a long ride tomorrow over the worse roads thought we were already on the worse roads
We head for Marmatiel 190 klm
We are still having a split tour but we do regroup.
To tired to down load photos to night will do soon
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