Arrived at the Suzuki dealer at 08:00, and first view from them was that it would not be possible today. The man at the service desk then went away to check if they had the necessary parts, oil, filters and plugs!
After much too-ing and fro-ing eventually he arrived back to me saying they can do the service, but they will just change the oil and oil filter, they don't have an air filter so they will just blow the old filter out with compressed air, and they don't have the spark plugs! However they will stamp the service book and this will keep my European warranty cover in place.
The mechanic is called Cano and here is a picture of him and also the man at the service desk.
Bike all done so on we go, next stop Bulgaria. On the way I went along the Romania / Serbia border which is the river Danube, and could remember some of the road from the last time I was here.
Here are some pictures of the river with barges etc.
Remembered all the interesting transport carts in Romania.
Eventually arrived at a place called Calafat that I thought was just a border crossing, but actually it is a port/ferry/border crossing between Romania and Bulgaria.
The ferry was quite small and there were more lorries and cars than it can deal with, but this is one of those times when it is better to be on a bike. They fit you in when there is no space for anything else. The white lorry at the front was parked part way on the loading ramp, which stayed down during the crossing. Echoes of the Herald of Free Enterprise at Zeebrugger! Ferry cost €6.
They are part way through constructing a new bridge over the Danube
These were some children that were travelling with their parents back to Iraq. I talked to him for a while and he said things were grim in Iraq. He said that before the war Saddam Hussein was a problem, but since the war there are now some 200-300 different political factions all vying for power. There are explosions every day and people are dying on a routine basis. He says 2 million people have died in the last 8 years and most of these are from the internal conflicts.
Into Bulgaria and set route to go just above Sophia.
Noticed that Bulgaria has some very nice scenery and mountain ranges.
To remind people to drive safely they put the remains of crashed vehicles in the centre of some of the roundabouts. I don,t think the people from this vehicle had much chance of surviving!
Not many hotels about and getting late, but eventually came across a very smart one called La Dolce Vita. Very reasonable, room and very nice meal only came to equivalent of €28.
Off to bed
More later
TOR
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