The Danube Delta

Friday Sept 23
The Danube Delta

We headed off on a boat trip on the Delta today.  It's a huge UNESCO listed reserve with loads of birds and fish.  A maze of channels and islands with a huge amount of water entering the sea.  The Danube divides into 3 main channels in the Delta, then there are heaps of little passages in between.

Some of the bird life

One of the traditional fishing boats

We stopped at a fishing village out in the delta for a break.  The only way to get there is by boat.

Some more of the beautiful waterways

After the boat trip we spent some time trying to find a bus or train back to Constanta as weren't really keen to be on that road again.  Buses are all too small and the train leaves at 5.30am!  Spoke to a taxi driver and he's taking us in his car for 100 Euro.  At least we'll be alive.

Spirits are starting to get a bit low.  Bulgaria will be challenging as we can't even read the language - it's a bit like Russian.  And getting bikes onto buses and trains is always causing a problem.  We've been on the road for about 10 weeks, and it's getting hard to keep going knowing that we could be riding on some horrible roads - it's really the fear of the unknown, and 4 months is probably a bit too long.

Dermot at the bus station

We'll head south from Constanta tomorrow into Bulgaria and then through into Turkey.  This was the section we were hoping to do by boat.