Plamena Palace Primorsko

... of edible mushrooms. I ate for free, drank spring water for free and slept for free. One day I found a Thracian worshiping site which dates back to 3,500 b.c, there were basins carved into the granite where in antiquity the people left offerings of honey, milk and blood to the sun child and great goddess mother cosmos. I left the reminants of my cheese sandwich and headed for the Turkish border.

... forever in time with your fellow traveler friends.

Yesterday marked another day where I wake up and the unthinkable is about to happen. Laying on a beach led to riding a horse in a bikini and then helping ourselves to a hotel pool for the final hours of the bright sun. I don't make this up.
Today we will get back in the car, back on the road. We will shake hands, part ways and I am about to set sail off the ...

... moj novcanik i poluprazna moja glava. Posao kao posao, mora se odraditi... mada kada ga radis malo duze, postajes robot koji ne razmislja. E tako je meni bilo ove godine. Vec vise nisam razmisljao sta pricam, kome pricam, ne nerviram se oko gluposti, ne zanimam se sa dodatnim poslom... Jednostavno koliko sam malo placen, toliko malo radim.

Nisam nesto bio odusevljen ovom ...

... car at a parking station and walk up to our hotel to check in and then to bring the car up. This was all easier said than done but finally after backing up a narrow road, passing the old lady in the chair twice and asking for directions at the mini-market finally found the hotel again. All worthwhile as the hotel is luxurious and right in the centre of the old town. They also upgraded us to a balcony room which overlooks the old John the Baptist church and the ruins of the ...

... 1 and 2 pm in the 95 degree heat I haul a fully laden bike to two other hotels which cost more. There is one hotel which looks cheap but the reception is on the first floor and it looks unrefurbished. But as 50 levs is only £25 its a bit pointless really. I ride back and find the price is now 45 levs. The hotel is a mostly refurbished soviet era block. However it has two three person lifts to access the 14 rooms on each of the ten floors ...

... To reach Nessebar I took the small ferry that runs from Sunny Beach. It was cold and very windy day and the sea was really choppy for the short crossing over to Nessebar but was fun nonetheless. After disembarking the ferry you are immediatley faced with ruins of the old city walls, a favourite with tourists. Walking through the town is like being in a Swiss Alpine village with lots of small cobbled ...

... bus station west'. Missed the bus to Sozopol which we would have easily made it to if we hadn't wanted to double check which meant that I had a runny bitter yoghurt drink and Greg had a drink which looked like a iced coffee but ended up tasting like meat pate. Next bus to Sozopol which was only half an hour away and made it in to Sozopol for the first time looking for people to offer us private accommodation. We only found 1 guy who took us ...

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 & 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.

Burgas to Malko Tarnovo (95km) Best bit: Huge national park (1200km of it) Worst bit: hot! Looking at my map I had two choices on how to reach the Turkish border today (a) via a big red road (b) via small windy village backroads Red roads in Bulgaria are invariably mini motorways. The associated terror levels with these (for a self-confessed softie like myself) are much like a ride at Alton Towers with no safety belts. The ...