Balkans_2018...You Only Live Once!

TimC

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I'm glad you included the humans below for scale, because Adriatic/Mediterranean seats aren't always what they seem:




 

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That looks like the Seiseralm/ Italy/ near Bolzano by the shape of those mountains in the background.




The Kiwis got some size-issue too, sometimes :)

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A heads up from Hans....
one of the Montenegro-loops has now been officially christened the "Durmitor-Ring" and will be marketed as such. It'll be a couple of years or so until it reaches overseas markets like US/AUS and info seeps through the cracks and grooves of the international motorcycle-travel-channels. Soon available: audioguide per smartphone-app in German and Englsh
Bitchin Betty going educational :killingme


https://izi.travel/en/2f1a-montenegro-ministry-of-sustainable-development-and-tourism/en


(German...)
https://www.bikerbetten.de/news/neu...v_VVOL8z3ZJW2R4H-BmU6zqxQksd7lj3ybmAevvWN-0q0


(...Aussie....)
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6572&page=18
...from post # 89, map in #90



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A fantastic write up, I was in the Balkans for 3 years of the war.

If you ever go again I highly recommend Marías company,she’s known all over the world now.
She’s just one of those people everyone likes and respects.

https://romaniamotorcycletours.com/

Tks for the recommendation, there's lots of positives about that mob all around the usual traps.
Not one for the guided tours, I'm usually only after rentals and at the time they were substantially cheaper with Christian and Alexa from https://www.rent4ride.ro/
High praise to them too, when Goodie crashed her rental-GS in Bulgaria they sorted things extremely fast and professionally.
No hiccups, all paperwork done and proper.

They offer guided tours as well, But I think they go through a 3.party (= friendly local competitor, but no idea who).
 

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She does just rentals.
People pop in to see her on their world tours or passing by.
A very genuine person.

Might have expanded her activities ?
https://advrider.com/f/threads/romania-2020.1419861/

With the Romanian Tour/ Rental market being in its infancy, I wouldn't be surprised to see multiple operators joining up for tours or rental of certain types of bikes.
Seen it in Italy 15 years-or-so ago when various companies/ businesses/ operators were seller/ re-seller/ agent/sub-contractor/ etc etc to eachother, back and forth...and upside-down..., each of them happy to skim a few $$ along the way of gobbling eachother up along the way, re-badging/ re-branding etc etc.

Those guys are net-savvy and know how to flash-bang the market, too.
Not saying there's anything wrong or bad about it...just be alert.
 
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