going down

kranevo – obzor

91km

it is still windy and cold. the season at the bulgarian black sea coast is short and most hotels & restaurant are still closed.

i scream for ice-cream….

trevel – kranevo (black sea)

90km

interesting culture & architectur around the city dobric and finally rolling down to the black sea.

tutakran – trevel

122km

hard to find an open shop on a easter weekend. but nicolai who worked in london for 2 years invited me for lunch.

zimnic – tutrakam (bulgaria)

122km

met Walter, Virginie & Elio from france (www.solidariterre.top-depart.com) nice to meet some other cyclists and exchange some thoughts, ideas and information.

beket – zimnic

129km

the day starts with the first flat tire on the bike. (so far the expensive touring tires, were not much better then an old used mountain bike tire!?) amazing friendly people along the flat roads. nice to chat with some of the poeple a little with a language mix out of english and spanish….

vidin – orjahovo – beket (romania)

128km

first flat tire on the trailer wheel of this tour. (but 2000km for an old used mountain bike tire is not so bad)

tekija – negotin – vidin (bulgaria)

148km

passing the huge powerplant dams “derdap I” and “derdap II”. leaving the river route for some bulgarian rolling hills.

v. gradiste – tekija

127km

amazing views along the river canyon called the “iron gate”

beograd – stara palanka – ram – v. gradiste

101km

finally a day without rain!? more scenic landscape and more nice people.

nestin – novi sad – beograd

147km

nice people all along the danube! i failed finding a cheap hostel in beograd, so i camped along the danube outside of town.