Blogs from Tulcea, Dobrogea, Romania, Europe

Dag 14 – Rondreis Roemenië – maandag 10 september 2018 – reisdag naar Murighiol (276km) Stevige rit verder naar het Oosten tot Murighiol aan de rand van natuurgebied Donau Delta, vlakbij de grens met Oekraïne. Het feit van de dag was de oversteek van de Donau in Braïla. Geen brug daar. Wel een overzet met een Bac. 60 lei (+-14€). Die bac is een soort drijvende parking op een overjaarse enorme catamaran. Trucks, auto's, caravans, en Mh's worden er onder begeleiding opgereden tot het vol staat. Dan vertrekt het gevaarte naar de overkant. Deze keer geen geroep, duidelijke instructies met handgebaren. We zouden er anders toch niets van begrepen hebben. Onze Mh's staan geparkeerd op de ruime terreinen van een pension-restaurant aan een van de zijtakken van de Donau. Alles wat we nodig hebben is er ... read more

Gretchen is always saying that her 'travel fairy' comes to the rescue when 'she' is needed and you could say today was one of those days but more about that a little later. We didn't hear back from the guy who emailed to say he would be at the hotel at 8.30am to pick us up for a tour of the Delta so we will play it by ear when the time comes or head on down to the wharf area again and see what is available for other trip opportunities including the guy who said he could take us subject to him having other bookings or others turning up to make the trip worthwhile financially for him. We were smart about having breakfast and 8.30am came and went without anyone turning up to take us ... read more

We woke up in our familiar airconditioned room with good beds and the huge private terrace. Once again, a well slept night in this room. Even though once or twice we woke up to adjust the air conditioner. We had the hostel's coffee+cereals breakfast and then started walking to the Augustine bus station to catch a bus to Tulcea. We got lost on the way just enough to miss the buss, but the next one left at noon, so no big deal. We did some blogging and snack shopping at the nearby shopping mall before the bus left. Once again, the weather was extremely hot, but the bus had at least some kind of airconditioning, so the trip was tolerable. On the countryside we even spotted few men riding with horse carriages still - old style ... read more

Just 90 minutes away from Tulcea lies the small town of Sulina. 90 minutes by fast hydrofoil down one of the Danube’s many arms, , double that if you take a slow boat. The scenery isn’t that much to write home about though so we recommend speed! In Sulina we were met from the boat by a guy offering us a room in a pension just 5 minutes walk from the jetty and, apparently 8 minutes walk from the beach. Something was lost in translation though as it took 15-20 minutes to get there and later we discovered it was a good half an hour to the beach! Maybe he meant by car, which seems a bit bizarre as there are few roads and fewer vehicles around!! We decided to take a room because it was ... read more