poniedziałek, 19 września 2011

HAOH, part II

I woke up (actually that was the first time in Romania when I slept in a tent and it wasn't freezing cold...) and went for a coffee to wonder for a while what to do next.


My guesthouse in Horezu.
And it occurred to me that only 50 km from here starts Transalpina route, one of 2 most famous  (together with Transfăgărăşan) road that go across the mountains here. So without hesitation, (and trying not to remember that I spent 2 hours trying to catch some car on Transfăgărăşan road....) I started hitchhiking in that direction. I didn't dedicate a single minute for sightseeing in Horezu, and it is possible that I lost something interesting, as Horezu, apart from being a popular touristic resort is also famous for manufacture of pottery, with a characteristic rooster


I don't know what happened but it was really hard to hitchhike that day. First, about 30 min just to get out from Horezu. Later, a little bit faster, to get to Novaci, a village that is at the beggining of the Transalpina.
It was a real event for me, because for the first time after almost 4 weeks in Romania finally I had a ride with Dacia 1310. It is really hard to catch this car, because in 99% percent of cases, there are either 5 passangers inside, or 2 but with a set of furniture for the living room, so that simply there is no more space for a hitchhiker. And I was even more lucky, because on the distance of only 10 km .... we got a puncture :)


Market in Novaci

Ok, but back to Novaci. Every Sunday there is a market organised. You can buy there absolutely everything - food, clothes, animals, tools, or a bottle of Ţuică, as I did.



After a short break I went back on the road. Once again patience was necessary. After 45 min I got to the next village, Rânca, a typical ski resort, a little bit desolate at this time of the year.

Rânca

And another hour of fruitless waving at the passing cars. But finally some couple from Sebes, as I remember, took me with them to the main part of Transalpina. 


So hard to take photos from the car....


'Hells Angels' from Sebes

The views from there were... exactly the same as the previous day :) The only difference was that new asphalt road, full of other cars. The fragment with new asphalt was about 70-80 km long

I spent with them very pleasant 45 min. But then I had to get out of the car. And I was still in the middle of nothing, 70 km from the main road to Bucharest. So another 1h waiting.....




 ... And another nice couple gave me a hand. I even took a nap in their car. And when I got to the road to the Bucharest I believed that now it will be easy. But not, I was waiting 30 min once again.... and the sunset was closer and closer. Maybe because I forgot to take my straw hat to look more weird. But finally I was taken by a nice girl in VW Touareg (yes, typical car that always picks up hitchhikers...) straight to the campus. 

Road to Bucharest. The colours leave no doubt, it's autumn already....

Well, according to the statistics, in Romania, there are as many Dacias as VW Touareg....

That is a very nice aspect of hitchhiking, that you are racing not with the time, but with the sun. It is such a primordial feeling. And I won once again.

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