22-08-14, 08:24 PM
(22-08-14, 07:22 PM)Phil link Wrote:That's some ride, how long did it take you?
Some Romanians I met last trip told me the TransAlpina pass is more scenic than the Transfagarassan and it was mostly finished. I think the term mostly finished can apply to lots of Romanian roads though :lol
Did you ride over it?
3 weeks all in.
The TransAlpina was in bits, in one place 1/2 mile was just rubble, scalpings and rocks (and that Romanian tradition of local rubbish). I rode it, but it took quite a while, and I was knackered at the end. Not feeling comfortable wild camping amongst all the wild dogs, as I stopped to locate a pensione, a gagle of gypsy kids started haranging me for money [i gave them some danish coins to get rid of them!].
But it is an interesting and very remote road, even with all the cracks and missing sections, it reminded me of some of the passes of the Dolomites.[/i]