Malko Tarnovo to Burgas. All down hill.

 Today we left our renovated hospital in Malko Tarnovo and headed north to the town of Burgas which is situated on the Black Sea.  After doing some routing on the computer it showed the terrain was up and down to the 30km mark and then all downhill to Burgas.

The first town we stopped at for a coffee and biscuits was Zvezdets.  We had climbed a couple of mountains this morning but hopefully they are all now behind us.  Our ride was surrounded by pine forests as far as the eyes could see.  Beautiful green scenery, the birds were singing, and you know how the rest goes.  We kept rolling along until our lunch stop at the town of 'not really sure'.

Lunch was a Bulgarian chicken rissole and kebab with salad and potato. And I washed it down with water.  Great meal at a bargain price.  Usually we get a huge plate of food with a drink for about 4-5 Aussie dollars each.

That's Peter and I wearing the famous eXsight Tandem Team jerseys.  These were designed by Shock Sports.com Rember to check out their website or contact me for their details. 

This photo was taken just before our morning tea stop.  Aussie's demand morning tea wherever they go on the planet.

Lunch with our buddies.

We were getting close to Burgas and the traffic was increasing.  The driver's don't appear to be as friendly as those in Turkey.  They seem to come very close at times.  Also they seldom wave as we ride along.  Very cold and hard faces on the people as we ride through their part of the world.

As I had predicted yesterday the majority of today's ride was downhill.  We had long fast descents where I reached top speed of 70kph.  Beautiful smooth roads all the way into town.  We were looking for the town of Pomorie where we were told we could camp.  It was madness as we rode through town, and very dangerous.  We had to be on our guard not to get cut off at each intersections or roundabouts.

We rode through the centre of Burgas and headed out to the airport.  We thought it would be best to get to the northern side of town which would make our departure tomorrow morning a lot less hectic.  By 4.30pm we had had enough.  We turned off the main highway and rode into the town of Sarafoso.  We found the Matev Guesthouse, Bracigovo No.23, and for 45 Lev it was a bargain. 

After dragging our bags up 2 flights of stairs, I was stuffed.  We rode 85kms and it was tough.  Long climbs, increasing traffic and the heat was starting to affect us.  After a nice shower and shave it was time to walk down to the beach to check out the Black Sea.  I'll get the chance to have a swim in 2 days when we get to Varna.

We met this young French guy who was riding in the opposite direction to us.  He's final destination is Istanbul, 300kms away.  We've now clocked up about 350kms this tour in 5 days.

Now it's time to turn the computer off and go to sleep.

Until tomorrow, safe riding.