Transfagarasan Pass

[dablik]

Was interested to find a little more info about this road and came across this site......lots of pic's, would luv to tag this on the trip to Germany next year, but may be a bit far to do in a week...mmm maybe i could take two.


http://www.honda-cb750.org/blog/2008/07/20...way-to-the-sky/


Edit..... Only 968 miles [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img] from Masserberg to Lake Vidraru which is the start of the pass, and thats [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/disbig.gif[/img] lot of oil tha [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif[/img]

This post was last modified: 19-07-2010, 01:24 PM by dablik.

[dapleb]

Yeah it looks quite noice up dare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcVD1nWERms [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

[dablik]

Ha ha Dappers...forgot about ya blog to the dark side of the world.........would luv to do it......or do a different pass which is considerably nearer to Germany ie, France and Switzerland.....but that one just appeals for some reason, ya reckon it's worth the ride down ??
Anyhow much depends on the pocket money situation next year and a long pass from SWMBO, early days yet.

Great video bye the way, will watch that a few times.

[dapleb]

Its a beautious place and ya won't get a donkey slalom in the Alps.....but unless you were on a mega tour is a touch far to go just for that pass.

There are a good few Alpine passes in the same league.

[colinellis]

<!--quoteo(post=170555:date=Mon 19th Jul 2010, 02:13 PM:name=dablik)-->QUOTE(dablik @ Mon 19th Jul 2010, 02:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Was interested to find a little more info about this road and came across this site......lots of pic's, would luv to tag this on the trip to Germany next year, but may be a bit far to do in a week...mmm maybe i could take two.
http://www.honda-cb750.org/blog/2008/07/20...way-to-the-sky/
Edit..... Only 968 miles [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img] from Masserberg to Lake Vidraru which is the start of the pass, and thats [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/disbig.gif[/img] lot of oil tha [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


I just google mapped it, It's 1693 miles from sunny Blackpool. Ideal for a weekend G2G!!!!!!!

[Matt686]

3 days out, whole day riding it, 3 days back. Sorted.

Now if I could just convince SWMBO [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Matt

[dablik]

<!--quoteo(post=170602:date=Mon 19th Jul 2010, 06:29 PM:name=Matt101)-->QUOTE(Matt101 @ Mon 19th Jul 2010, 06:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->3 days out, whole day riding it, 3 days back. Sorted.

Now if I could just convince SWMBO [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Matt<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Could be done.....but ya know she gonna say no chance, mine just did [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ranting.gif[/img] Not Romania, not safe, not safe, ah bless she luvs me,,, however her mum lives in Slovakia and i have'nt seen her since March [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

[dapleb]

Its funny how you got to one place and they tell you how dangerous the next place is. Then you tell the next place where you came from and they say Jeeeebus you were lucky to survive....and now you are going WHERE.......you will get mugged/robbed/badgered etc etc. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

Thing is the boike and me'sen never once felt even slightly threatened in any of the Eastern Euro countries. Have never seen so many friendly people randomly waving from the pavement (even in that transfagarasan vid).

[nobike]

<!--quoteo(post=170613:date=Mon 19th Jul 2010, 07:20 PM:name=dapleb)-->QUOTE(dapleb @ Mon 19th Jul 2010, 07:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Thing is the boike and me'sen never once felt even slightly threatened in any of the Eastern Euro countries. Have never seen so many friendly people randomly waving from the pavement (even in that transfagarasan vid).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Guys, I've took those pictures, thank you for linking. If you want to come to Romania, allow a full day to get from the border to Bucharest, and one day for the Transfagarasan pass. Romania is still a one lane country, and there are a lot of trucks and cars.

If you want to visit, drop me a line so I could join and show you around.

Here is a bit of everything from the biking Romania

[Studley Ramrod]

You should have a ride around where I live, if you wave back at someone waving to ya, they nick your watch [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

[dablik]

<!--quoteo(post=170945:date=Thu 22nd Jul 2010, 08:15 AM:name=nobike)-->QUOTE(nobike @ Thu 22nd Jul 2010, 08:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Guys, I've took those pictures, thank you for linking. If you want to come to Romania, allow a full day to get from the border to Bucharest, and one day for the Transfagarasan pass. Romania is still a one lane country, and there are a lot of trucks and cars.

If you want to visit, drop me a line so I could join and show you around.

Here is a bit of everything from the biking Romania<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Hi nobike. great pics, thanks was nice to look at them.
My wife is from Slovakia...maybe she has a mis-representation of Romania, i on the other hand have driven trucks in Romania, never any issues, and also spent time in an orphanage on a few occasions and been on a ski trip to Poiana Brasov, eaten a freshly slaughtered pig in somebody's back yard and drank lots of what my friends and i call Squeech ( Romanian home brew schnapps) mmmmmmmm lovely, so no mis-conceptions here about Romanian hospitality and travel there, great country.

[Somerset]

I'd have to keep stopping to take photos, looks great.