2914m above Bulgaria

Bansko is a major ski resort in Bulgaria, and the mountains around it are part of Pirin National Park. We hated the town as soon as we arrived, it was over developed and ski villages look crap without snow. We managed to find a road that led up the mountain, to nearly 2000m at the…

Painted Monastery and Spikey Hoodoos

Rila Monastery is a unesco world heritage site and definitely on our agenda for Bulgaria. As we drove towards it we saw a sign advertising Stob’s Pyramids, so we turned off to check them out. The village of Stob was really sweet, everyone seemed to have a grapevine that spread over the pathway creating a…

Incredible views in Bulgaria

We crossed the mighty Danube river into Bulgaria and did a wonderful quiet drive through an area of forested hills, rising mountains and prostitutes. There seemed to be a hooker every 2km, waiting in truck size pullouts. We started playing spot the prostitute ‘there’s another!’ ‘We got panties on show to the left!’. Some were…