Hotel Aqua Bourgas Burgas

Wow.<br>One month to go. I am still in Bulgaria. Decisions when you travel somehow always turn out to be magical and predict the best experiences in life on the road. After spending a few 'extra' days in Varna with my new friends from Belfast I took a few days off to head North to Veliki Tarnovo. Simply choosing to jump on that bus brought me here. I met an American fella who is also traveling alone . . When my morning ...

Hm... Kako bih poceo o utiscima? Ove godine nista ne znam kako da pocnem. Sve mi nesto krece samo od sebe, i sve se zavrsava uspesno.<br><br>S' obzirom da sam radio i prosle godine, na istom ovom mestu, ova godina je protekla "laganica. Suncev Breg i Nessebar se nisu ni malo promenili, osim sto je usled krize sve bilo poluprazno. Poluprazni hoteli, poluprazni restorani, poluprazni autobusi ...

10th June<br><br>Plovdiv to Nessebar (on the Black Sea)<br><br>Sunny 30 degrees<br><br>We made our way out of Plovdiv through the city and then along a cobbled road where we saw another stork nest, this time on a church steeple. The drive to Nessebar was fairly easy with some motorways and reasonably wide roads. The passed huge fields of barley, sunflowers (not yet flowering) and vineyards. We arrived at Nessebar but found it is only open to residential traffic so had to park ...

... came into view; not a huge hill like those standing in a line behind me but a gradual hill several kilometres long. So mindfull of the heat I stopped in the shade before it and had a good drink. And stopped at various points up it too. It also helped that there was lots of time. Finally over the top and a long coast into Yambol. The main road actually skirts it but i headed into the centre and was immediately relieved to see a couple of different ...

... coastline. Back into the town you get to another of the major sites, the church of Pantocrator. This site is located in a pretty, picturesque squares near to a open air market. Although Nessebar is a nice town to spend a few hours and makes a change from the commercialism of the rest of the Black Sea coast, there was little else to see after this so after a bite to eat I caught the ferry back to Sunny Beach.

... through the plastic holder) on the way home and then needed a few games of ********* before I could go to sleep. Sleep in (again) and then out to nesbar. We had ummed and arred about going to Sozopol or nesbar and I think after a l hour bus ride (18 euro return) 2 hours of walking the many many many stalls and markets selling the same stuff and dodging restaurant after restaurant we decided that we had made the right decision. It didn't even feel ...

Burgas was hosting the first ever MTV Spirit of Burgas festival with Groove Armada, Koseen, Ministry of Sound etc. It was situated on the beach, had an electric atmosphere, great music and was bouncing! All for £20 as well. If you happen to see the festival on MTV you will probably see me &amp; G. Aside from the festival there is nothing happening in Burgas.

Sunny Beach is a holiday resort on the coast of Bulgaria. It's basically sunbathe all day and booze all night. Lots of British, Sweedish, Norwegian, Dutch and German tourists. Not the nicest place in the world but good for a chill out and a few nights on the lash.

... no further, road head "gone". Of course I ignored them all. So, lo and behold the road got narrower and narrower, with more trees growing in the tarmac until, sob, it simply disappeared. Some friendly guys grazing their pigs directed me to a dirt track that really was off road. cobbles, rocks and mud. A medieval farm forsest track. uphill. I put on my helmet and was very glad I was on my mountain (as opposed to roadie) bike ...

Velki Preslav to Burgas Distance 162km Best bit: sun Worst bit: having to throw myself into the gutter 5 times today to avoid oncoming traffic!! Well, the Black Sea isnt black. Its kind of a rich blue with gentle waves. The sand feels good under my feet :)