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18. Juillet 2008 | en

So today was the day we were SUPPOSE to meet Joscha and Ed. Please note the use of the word suppose. Because we didn’t. In fact, we are lucky we made it out alive. I forgot about our love hate relationship with Romania. We love it because it is beautiful, and has some of the most amazing biking and people. We hate it because it also the only country I have never felt safe wild camping in, and also because the roads are either amazing, or TOTAL shit. And it can take 5 hours to go 50 kms even on a straight road. Why? because it is over run with transport trucks. AND you have two choices. Sit behind them for an hour per kilometer, breathing in the fumes – Or drive the middle of the road between the parked ones and the oncoming ones, praying your not hit, and get about 10 kms per hour.

We of course choose the potentially squished route over the assured deportation when I threw Betty at a truck before screaming and dropkicking my way though Romania.

In the process I lost my small bag, and our grill and 2 of my books met death by transport truck. Or at least alerted for life. Both are still usable, but neither are pretty.

Our camping at least was amazing, when a sheep farmer let us sleep on the mountain top with the sheep.

I am not kidding when I say after a couple of days I REALLY smell. :P

But my first attempt at off roading went fantastic! If only all my attempts are to go so well.

Marqueurs: Hill Top with Sheep romania
Carte: N 45° 36.565 E 21° 82.159

Created at: 29. Juillet 2008

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Finally We Meet!!! AKA The BRIDGE!!

19. Juillet 2008 | en

So today we did it! Although we had planned to meet yesterday at 5, then 7, then today at 12 30, at 4 this afternoon we finally achieved the impossible! We met Ed and Joscha! And meet in style we did! For what else would a bunch of boys who have traveled long term do but test these motorcycle skills in a death defying bride crossing. A bridge that does not really exist that is!

Over lunch Joscha had met some Dutch who were traveling by bike (as in the pedal kind, respect, but gah no) who told them about a wild camping spot that was just like a paid camping spot – only the view was fantastic and you were alone. There was only one minor problem – the bridge, or more importantly, the lack thereof of one. Rather the bridge was being rebuilt, and consisted of a lot of rebar (or whatever they use to build bridges) and a plank of wood. No problem for the pedal bikes, not so much for bikes powered by heavy engines.

To go around the river? An extra 30 kms one way.

Hell no apparently.

We have it on video, I can not give words to the terror or the experience, however my regular squawk is upgraded to nails on chalk board shrieking, I wont post it here until it has been edited and fit for viewing.

Patrick drove both Betty and Wilma across. F&%k that.

But on the other side I was greeted by a Romanian farmer who declared that I am the freak (muy freako I do believe he said) for being a girl and driving my own bike. Not the 3 who risked neck and bike to get across.

sigh.

Well worth it for the site however, and we discovered why weed is called weed, because it grows like one. So we burned a bush just to be able to say we did. ;)

Marqueurs: Edd and Joscha here romania
Carte: N 43° 99.668 E 22° 95.840

Created at: 29. Juillet 2008

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Ummmmmmmmmmm

19. Juillet 2008 | en

I kindve wrote about this spot in the last post. And I am far too lazy to change things. When the video is ready I will post it here! until then go back and read about Ed and Joscha here for the details here, and ummm, I guess I could say we had gourmet BBQ and add some more pics.

Yes that is what I will do!