The London Hikers Bulgaria gang

Bulgaria

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September 11th 2010
Joined my walking group in Bulgaria for a week-long trek in the Rila & Pirin Mountains. Unfortunately due to my right foot not being fully healed after a bad broken metatasal in May, I could only spend 1 day with the group trekking up Musala Peak - the highest peak in the Balkans. Spent the rest of my stay sightseeing in Sofia, horse-riding near Plovdiv, and cycling in the Rodopi mountains. Bulga ... read more

Europe » Bulgaria

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The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, b... ... read more