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At the Bicaz Canyon (Cheile Bicazului)


by szbogi  

(about Cheile Bicazului, Romania, last edited on Aug 13, 2007)



We arrived quite soon to the Bicaz Canyon (in Hungarian is Bekas szoros). I think this place is unique in Romania. The road cuts through the mountains and it's just wide enough for two lanes.

Near the road there was a stream, where you could go down. It was amazing: you are between the mountains, you can even touch the rocks, but the cars are passing near you. Some guys were mountaineering, and the tourists stopped to watch it. After a couple of minutes the group of tourists grew so large that the cars could hardly pass by them. Oh, and a very funny thing: the cars can drive slowly because of the tourists but not just because of them; the locals are still using carts... with one or two "horsepower" you can imagine how fast they run... :)

We could hardly find a parking place. There were no official parking places just the edge of the road. There were bigger places but these were occupied by different vendors.

After spending about an hour here we decided to go further to the Red Lake.

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1. Jul 15, 2007 At home, before the departure (Oradea)
2. Jul 15, 2007 At the famous castle of Deva (Deva) ( 6)
3. Jul 15, 2007 The Castle of Hunedoara (Hunedoara (Vajdahunyad)) ( 11)
4. Jul 15, 2007 Sibiu (Szeben) - European Capital of Culture (Sibiu) ( 7)
5. Jul 16, 2007 In the Fagaras Mountains (Transfagarasan) ( 33)
6. Jul 16, 2007 On our way home: At the Vidraru Lake (Vidraru Lake) ( 14)
7. Jul 17, 2007 At the Bran Castle (Bran) ( 21)
8. Jul 17, 2007 Visiting the Peles Castle (Sinaia) ( 11)
9. Jul 17, 2007 Brasov (Brasso) (Brasov (Brasso)) ( 11)
10. Jul 18, 2007 Tusnad and the St. Anna Lake (Saint Anna Lake) ( 3)
11. Jul 19, 2007 The Bicaz barrage (Bicaz) ( 5)
12. Jul 19, 2007 At the Bicaz Canyon (Cheile Bicazului) (Cheile Bicazului) ( 8)
13. Jul 19, 2007 At the Red Lake (Lacul Rosu) (Lacul Rosu) ( 7)
14. Jul 19, 2007 At the Salt Mine in Praid (Praid (Parajd)) ( 12)
15. Jul 20, 2007 Our last stop: Sovata and the Bear Lake (Sovata) ( 4)

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