Vega Mamaia

... from Germany in a 30-year-old East-German mobility cart.  He told me how the engine had blown up 100 km outside of Bucharest and wıth the help of a local farmer had disassembled the 50cc engine and removed the cylinder and piston.  

With the offending parts in hand Sebastian had taken the bus into Bucharest, found a mechanic who had given him the new parts, driven him the 100km back to his disabled, disabled-mobility cart ...

... booking so that was our first priority. We found one fairly soon which is fairly new and not too far from the sights. Unfortunately the sights are pretty ordinary with only a few interesting buildings. Constanta has a huge port but it did not seem to be very busy. The city seems very run down and neglected and in also fairly expensive for accommodation. It is right on the ocean and there is quite a large beach (not very picturesque though) near our hotel.

... when we got there we discovered it was closed for renovations so we just walked around it and checked out the exterior. It was really interesting and I really would have liked to have seen the rest of it.

Not far from that fortified church is another one in Prejmer. This one was open and the woman selling entrance tickets was very helpful. After Ally and I had explored the inner fortifications and the church we were about to leave when she ...

... went by and we boarded the bus. I was the only 'foreign' one on board, the rest were either turks or gypsies. Once the bus took off everybody lit up their cigarettes and started smoking. I couldn't wait for this trip to be over with. Had our passports checked at my first Passport Control and then we were over the border into Bulgaria.

... the Brits are starting to discover the place and are everywhere. I didn't get my feet into the Black Sea this time, but they have been there before. I rarely swim in California coz I don't like not being able to see what is beneath me, but since there are no harmful fish in the Black...and no tides, I like swimming there. The water temp was just 19 tho, too cold.

... road. We stopped an old man that took us straight to the Bulgarian boarder. At the boarder we`d met our... d e s t i n y. It seemed as if a ray of light had touched us. What happened is we bumped into Zajac and Arek. They`d left our group half a day earlier with a goal to get to Turkey. The rest of us had not decided to do it due to the costs and lack of time. But it`s not the end, because at the boarder there was waiting to go through the customs a coach to... I s ...

... markets and rides. You can compare it to Thredbo (where everything is alive in winter) but here it is the case in summer. It was some experience. So after going to sleep around 1am on Sunday morning, then waking up at 4 to leave for seaside, we were totally wasted and went to bed about 11pm. On Monday we caught up with some friends from Roxy's home town. We were together at the beach. It was pretty much a bludge day where we lazed around. Here we ...

... they just started to follow him. We were led down a side street where we heard the sound of a police car siren pull up and 4 plain clothes police told us to get away from that man, that he was dangerous. We walked away caught the bus and proceeded to Mamaia resort (about 45 mins away). We were told the bus would stop there for 10 mins and then return to town. We strolled around and who did we bump into?, the same guy who ...

... general are very friendly, very helpful, and generally eager to practice their English. And let me just say it again: the girls here are *EXQUISITE*. I don't know what it is about this country, but it rivals, without doubt, the girls of Slovakia, and I was in heaven there. If anyone is looking for a gorgeous Eastern European hookup, you owe it to yourself to come to Romania. You wont be dissapointed =P With that...wow. Lets go home. Maybe it's time. I just don't know. Cheers.

... and bracelets from us. I was starting to really lose my temper (never a good thing after a night of little sleep) but luckily another passenger came to our/their rescue. They were booted off the train with relish by the guard but didn't seem too perturbed. Costinesti is a small town that backs onto fields of sunflowers and faces the Black Sea. We found private accomodation for two quid per night just a few meters from the town 'centre'. Imagine a strip of lurid signs ...